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For over 50 years, Western public authorities have consistently favored carbohydrates over fats as the main source of macronutrients. What are these recommendations? Let’s find out here.

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  Hello and welcome to the Blueness Guide, the ideal nutrition guide for humankind. Today, we're going to focus on macronutrients, and more specifically, on official nutritional recommendations. For over 50 years, western public authorities have always favored carbohydrate intake at the expense of fats as the main source of macronutrients. Thus, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety recommended the following distribution, this was before 2019. There were about 50-55% carbohydrates, meaning mainly grains, starchy foods, and partly fruits and vegetables, and incidentally simple sugars. It also recommends 30-35% in the form of fats and only 11-15% protein. Since 2019, things have changed slightly, as this organization has revised its recommendations, increasing the amount of fats to 35-40% and lowering the carbohydrate intake to 40-55% instead of 50-55%. According to New Wave Nutritionists, this is a good thing, and you'll understand why a little later in the Blueness Guide. Abroad, the recommendations are more or less the same, still giving a significant share to carbohydrates. In Canada and the United States, the recommended carbohydrate intake even goes up to 60%. But here's the thing. For many years, numerous scientists, nutritionists, biochemists, and doctors have been protesting against these recommendations, which they believe are based on incorrect data. This emerging school of nutrition, which includes scientists, athletes, and even just enthusiasts, believes that fats have been unfairly demonized. Carbohydrates therefore raise many questions about whether it really makes sense to consume them in large amounts. Before we go any further into the pros and cons, let's take the time to define exactly what carbohydrates are and what their purpose is. That's perfect, because that's exactly what the next podcast is about. See you very soon in the Blueness Guide, the guide to the ideal diet for humankind.