Douglas_Knight comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 2: Atkins Redux - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 28 December 2013 12:43:23AM *  6 points [-]

I have on many occasions, including this one, googled "refined carbohydrate" and I am not convinced that I have found anyone who means anything by it, let alone that a significant number of people mean the same thing by it.

Added: no, a lot of people do mean something: they mean "carbohydrate."

Comment author: KatieHartman 31 December 2013 11:01:10AM 1 point [-]

I just googled it. I suspect that the "refined" in "refined carbohydrates" is a stand-in for "bad, for reasons left unspecified."

Comment author: tut 05 January 2014 11:17:36AM 2 points [-]

Refined means that somebody has done something to it. Like for example purified it or changed it to something sweeter that get digested faster.