Chapter

Health Consequences and Benefits of High-Carbohydrate Diets

From Human Nutrition by Human Nutrition

Concepts

1. Added Sugars

   "Can America blame its obesity epidemic on the higher consumption of added sugars and refined grains? This is a hotly debated topic by both the scientific community and the general public. The Food an

2. Fructose Effects

   "Before high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was marketed as the best food and beverage sweetener, sucrose, or table sugar, was the number-one sweetener in America. Sucrose is a disaccharide consisting of

3. Low-carbohydrate Diets

   "Since the early 1990s, marketers of low-carbohydrate diets have promoted the idea that eating fewer carbohydrates promotes weight loss and that these diets are superior to others in their effects on

4. Whole Grains

   "While excessive consumption of simple carbohydrates is potentially bad for your health, consuming more complex carbohydrates is extremely beneficial to health. There is a wealth of scientific evidenc