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high-carb

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noun

  1. (modifier) having a high carbohydrate content

    high-carb foods

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As more people use GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, the shares of companies selling high-carb, high-calorie foods are suffering.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

I was still struggling with the low-fat, high-carb diet the dietitian recommended.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

But studies comparing different types of diets have found that low-fat high-carb diets seem to offer the same, if not better, fat loss than low-carb, high-fat diets – with no differences in muscle loss.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023

His meals would consist of high-carb foods such as rice, pasta or potatoes and protein such as chicken.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023

In another study, high-fat diets led to lower total energy expenditure than high-carb diets did.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022

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