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  • Misunderstandings Regarding Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition

  • Steve L. Martin
  • Journal:
    American Antiquity / Volume 87 / Issue 3 / July 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    06 May 2022, pp. 611-613
    Print publication:
    July 2022

  • In a recent issue of American 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.