A comparison of different practical indices for assessing carbohydrate quality among carbohydrate-rich processed products in the US.

Healthier carbohydrate (carb)-rich foods are essential for health, but practical, validated indices for their identification are not established. We compared four pragmatic metrics, based on, per 10g of carb:(a) ≥1g fiber (10:1 carb:fiber), (b) ≥1g fiber and <1g free sugars (10:1:1 carb:fiber:fre...

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Main Authors: Junxiu Liu, Colin D Rehm, Peilin Shi, Nicola M McKeown, Dariush Mozaffarian, Renata Micha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231572

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