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Carbohydrates: friend or foe?

Since rice is an essential item added in Korean meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it is often difficult to avoid eating. There are about 52 grams of carbohydrates in only one cup of brown rice. It is likely that Koreans intake a lot of carbohydrates daily. The human body needs carbohydrates to expend energy, so the question remains: what is th...