Of course they are.
Don’t you remember the experiment in school as a kid?
The one where they have a chemical that turns blue if sugar is present?
They put the stuff on a cracker and no blue.
They have one of the students start to chew up a cracker and spit it out and add the chemical and all a sudden now it’s blue.
You have enzymes in your saliva that start to break down carbs into simple sugars.
One interesting fact:
If an alien was asked to describe life on Earth, he would say we are mostly carbs.
Because the single most abundant organic chemical on the planet is a very famous, useful carbohydrate.
We call it cellulose!!
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It’s a yes or no question, and the answer is yes.
And most or much sugar is harmful. Vegetable carbs are fine, even from natural tubers if you are slim, along with fruits sparingly.
The old food pyramid Is wrong, and so is the new food plate.
Drop grains from your diet, especially gluten ones. Save sweets for special occasions: ice cream, things baked with nut or gluten free flours.
Fill up on healthy animals, coconut oil, olive oil for salads only, butter, organic full fat dairy. All kinds of veggies, fruit for treats or garnish. You will feel like a million bucks and you will be Nourished! Food will be delightful again! Most of your body has been made sick by grains, and it will be satiated with healthy fats.