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Old 06-03-09 | 10:43 PM
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ericgu
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Originally Posted by xmx250
-Why oh why must people keep saying this. For example i'll end up talking nutrition with someone in real life.

They will say "the carbs you dont burn off turn to FAT"

why must people have this mindset that carbs in specific have some special ability to turn to fat...
It's not that carbs get converted to fat that's a problem. It's that if you get an insulin response, when the carbs gets converted to fat and stored, your blood sugar goes down and you get hungry again. That's the problem with simple carbs.
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