If you swap out meat and dairy for carbs like bread and pasta, you might live shorter, but if you swap them for beans, nuts, and lentils, you might live longer.

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Carbohydrates: Separating fact from fiction.

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2021 Jul

When people swap out meat and dairy fats for sugary or white bread carbs, they’re more likely to die sooner — but if they swap those fats for beans, nuts, or other plant proteins instead, they live longer.

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Carbohydrates: Separating fact from fiction.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.03.025

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