Misunderstandings Regarding Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2096492 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve L Martins (0000-0002-5221-8584, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 611-613 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/aaq.2022.4 |
| OpenAlex | W4229074829 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
In a recent issue ofAmerican Antiquity, two articles (Gill et al. 2021; Lyons et al. 2021) perpetuate the common misconception that dietary carbohydrates are an essential component of the human diet and that plants-the main source of dietary carbohydrates-must be consumed to promote health. In fact, carbohydrate is a nonessential macronutrient with adequate amounts of energy-the sole function of carbohydrates in the human diet-being produced via gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis in the absence of dietary carbohydrate. Additionally, both articles erroneously employ the term 'dietary staple' in reference to geophyte consumption
Biology · Carbohydrate · Environmental health · Gluconeogenesis · Human health · Human nutrition · Ketogenesis · Ketone bodies · Metabolism · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Biochemistry · Diet and metabolism studies · Food Science · Medicine · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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Marine and Terrestrial Protein in Prehistoric Diets on the British Columbia Coast
Earliest Evidence for Geophyte Use in North America
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |