[allmendream]

Someone on a healthy diet should get the majority of their calories from carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates need to be broken down into sugar - that is what makes them a great long term energy source - while a bunch of sugar itself will just burn you out.

There is a reason serious athletes “carbo-load” before a strenuous event - so their muscles will have energy to burn down the stretch.

Do you understand why they don't “sugar-load” before an event?

When you understand that you will understand the difference between a diet high in carbs and a diet high in sugar.

[Oberon]

Someone on a healthy diet should get the majority of their calories from carbohydrates.

This was the common wisdom ten or fifteen years ago. I think we know better now.

[NativeSon]

Someone on a healthy diet should get the majority of their calories from carbohydrates.

I agree. I for one cannot "low carb" tried it and had issues - the worst was the impact on my mental state/flexibility

I've always believed in the biochemistry axiom "you burn fat in flame of carbohydrates"

The problems people have now is that they generally take in far too many calories and food volume for their levels of activity.

[Rammer]

There is a reason serious athletes “carbo-load” before a strenuous event - so their muscles will have energy to burn down the stretch.

The reason is because many athletes made erroneous assumptions and conclusions about research that showed glycogen supercompensation for a period of 24-48 hours after sever glycogen depletion.

If muscular tissue is not in a state of severe/extreme glycogen depletion prior to loading then supercompensation will not occur.

More recent research has indicated that performance is not improved from carbohydrate loading if there is not any glycogen depletion beforehand.

This is some of the basis surrounding Cyclical Ketogenic Diets.

[Yaelle]

You are wronger than wrong. Did you design the food pyramid that made everyone fat and sick?

The majority of your calories should come from fat, then protein, a small amount of carbs. Serious competitive athletes might need more carbs than the sedentary, but they do not need grains at all. Potatoes and fruit can give them all the carbs they need. Some dark chocolate, some wine. Period.

A diet high in carbs is a diet high in sugar.

Your body can burn either sugar or fat for fuel. If your diet is high in carbs, you will be a sugar burner and you will always be hungry. You will always crave carbs. You will be living on the brink of metabolic syndrome and preparing to be struck with any number of diseases.