is not for those seeking a lower carbohydrate/starch diet, meaning that much of the food was heavy in rice, flour (dosa?), fried starchy food. I have no idea whether that was a generalization. For the lunch buffets, are there many...

12-14 beers = beer belly Alcohol is a huge contributing factor to the “Freshman 15;” that along with the out-of-control buffet style, high carbohydrate, all-hours eating... There was one girl from my high school I...

or carbohydrates—it was all vegetables all the time. That was a inexcusable lapse in my mind.

- measuring thermogenesis induced by msg in rats, for example – there glutamates actually acted more like catalysts, causing carbohydrates to be treated like proteins. But this is far afield from the op and may even...

like the whole world was “low-carbing”, I thought I was going to lose my mind the next time someone tried to talk to me earnestly about how bad carbohydrates are for you – but it was ok to eat pounds of bacon. I...

, of course, but most foods. Foodphobes have in common a limited repertoire of acceptable foods (which foods specifically varies from person to person) with an overwhelming preference for meat and refined carbohydrates. With the...

only requires one rinse, and then your carbohydrate is ready when you get home with takeout or frozen food or whatever. It’s hard to find complex carbs in convenience foods, so the rice cooker has been a godsend for me. HTH

. Post-workout protein and carbohydrates are essential for muscle recovery — if I exercise in the evening, it requires a nutritious, portion-conscious POST-workout meal or snack. Likewise, if I expect to exert any energy at...

Two reasons: guilt and fear. Guilt that you’re eating something that has been so vilified in recent years (carbohydrates, refined sugar, fat, etc., etc.). And fear of the supposed difficulty of creating a quality dessert...

. There was a grainy, carbohydrate substance at the bottom of the broth — I could not identify it. Overall, an average dish. (2) Sauteed Foie Gras with Soup Dumplings and Jicama. This was a dish I requested (it’s a...