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carbohydrate

[kahr-boh-hahy-dreyt, -buh-] / ˌkɑr boʊˈhaɪ dreɪt, -bə- /


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"Shetland tatties are very plentiful and very available. Shetland tatties are my favourite source of carbohydrate without a shadow of a doubt. Getting other sources of carbohydrates is extremely difficult."

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

"Our data suggest that if you have high liver fat content and prediabetes, reducing carbohydrate intake can have important therapeutic effects on metabolism beyond just weight loss alone."

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Other popular supplements include carbohydrate gels, which Close says were key in the first sub-two hour marathon run earlier this year by Kenyan long-distance runner Sabastian Sawe.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

They consumed less protein as well as less carbohydrate.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Grain by grain, molecule by molecule, carbohydrate fuel in the form of glucose is fed into this wheel; in its cyclic passage the fuel molecule undergoes fragmentation and a series of minute chemical changes.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Getting enough sleep and a balanced diet is important Raised cortisol through diets high in white carbohydrates and sugar as well as a lack of sleep have been linked to breakouts.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

A low-carbohydrate diet, also known as the Atkins or ketogenic diet, greatly restricts carbohydrates.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

In the 1970s, cardiologist Robert C. Atkins developed the Atkins diet, which limits carbohydrates while increasing protein and fat intake.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Gruel recalls growing up in what he calls the “microwave generation,” in a house stocked with cereal, pasta, refined carbohydrates and premade salad dressings.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

There are small traces of nitrogen, water vapor, argon, carbon monoxide and other gases, but the only hydrocarbons or carbohydrates present are there in less than 0.1 parts per million.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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