title: Role and benefits of carbohydrate in the diet: key issues for future dietary guidelines.
abstract: There is now widespread advocacy for a reduction in fat intake. Furthermore, there is little evidence that an increase in protein intake would be advisable. Therefore, a greater proportion of carbohydrate energy in the diet has become a central tenet of current dietary advice. A careful examination of the benefits of a "high"-carbohydrate diet must therefore occupy our attention. Three aspects of the role of carbohydrate in the diet will be considered: 1) the role of carbohydrate in the control of food intake in humans, 2) the effect of carbohydrate on energy metabolism as measured by long-term feeding experiments in small numbers of human subjects, and 3) whether a large carbohydrate intake leads to increased lipogenesis in humans.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Human Behavior and Metabolism, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D018673:Nutrition Policy
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D008055:Lipids