Undoing Carb Phobia: You CAN Eat Carbs!

As a registered dietitian, I get asked about carbs way more regularly than you can imagine.  They are definitely the most maligned macronutrient of the most recent years. In fact, there are entire communities on social media that insist that not only are humans not meant to eat carbohydrates, but every day you continue to include them in your diet is a day you are killing yourself and dragging your body closer and closer to diabetes, obesity and heart disease.

You can probably guess a dietitian’s opinion on that, but before we get into why you should absolutely be eating carbs, I want to tell you the main reasons people are afraid of carbs in the first place, and why they are necessary for a healthy diet.