Carbohydrates: Not All that Bad?

Shu-Yong Lin; Chen-Song Zhang; Sheng-Cai Lin

doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.004

Carbohydrates: Not All that Bad?

Cell Metab. 2018 Nov 6;28(5):671-672. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.004.

Authors

Shu-Yong Lin¹, Chen-Song Zhang¹, Sheng-Cai Lin²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China; State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Targeted Drugs from Natural Products, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China. Electronic address: linsc@xmu.edu.cn.

PMID: 30403985
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.004

Abstract

Dietary carbohydrates have been demonized for presumed negative effects on health. However, Liu et al. (2018) identify new pathways for conversion of glucose into acetate that consume reactive oxygen species. A study relating human carbohydrate consumption to all-cause mortality also suggests that moderately high-carbohydrate diets can be beneficial.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Acetates
Animals
Dietary Carbohydrates*
Glucose*
Humans
Mammals

Substances

Acetates
Dietary Carbohydrates
Glucose