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“Bad Carbs” Aren’t To Blame for Obesity, Professor Claims! Hogwash, I Say! It’s Time for a Debate

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Connie Bennett on September 30th, 2007

If you've read SUGAR SHOCK! and check out this blog regularly, you'll know that I found a preponderance of research studies (which still keep pouring in) to support the theory that refined carbs -- which I often call "culprit carbs" -- can make you fat and give you other diseases. So, it was certainly with great interest (and, I confess, a huge amount of skepticism) that I learned about a new review article in the October Journal of the American Dietetic Association from a University of Virginia professor, who considers the bad-carbs-make-you-fat theory complete rubbish. Not one to shy away...