Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are all essential nutrients for the human body.
Recommendations about each of these nutrients can seem to be contradictory. In addition,
most of us are exposed to a lot of misinformation about carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. For
example “carbs are bad and cause weight gain”, “fats are good/bad”, and “all protein is
healthy”.
Recommendations about each of these nutrients can seem to be contradictory. In addition,
most of us are exposed to a lot of misinformation about carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. For
example “carbs are bad and cause weight gain”, “fats are good/bad”, and “all protein is
healthy”.
It is recommended that the bulk of the diet be carbohydrates
(fruit, vegetables, and whole grains), yet some research indicates that certain
carbohydrates may be unhealthy. Discuss this discrepancy. Some ideas you may
include in your discussion: why the bulk of the diet should be carbohydrates; what types
of carbohydrate containing foods should be consumed; what types of carbohydrates can
be bad for you?
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