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Scientific American on "What makes you fat"

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What Makes You Fat: Too Many Calories, or the Wrong Carbohydrates?
Rigorously controlled studies may soon give us a definitive answer about what causes obesity—excessive calories or the wrong carbohydrates
By Gary Taubes
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-makes-you-fat-too-many-calories-or-the-wrong-carbohydrates
(Sorry if this was already posted, I tried "search", but it returned nothing. Mind you, not trying to start a flame war between low and high carbers, just sharing an interesting article.)
Rigorously controlled studies may soon give us a definitive answer about what causes obesity—excessive calories or the wrong carbohydrates
By Gary Taubes
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-makes-you-fat-too-many-calories-or-the-wrong-carbohydrates
(Sorry if this was already posted, I tried "search", but it returned nothing. Mind you, not trying to start a flame war between low and high carbers, just sharing an interesting article.)
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