TEST YOUR CARB GENE
EVER wonder why some people can tuck into as much pasta as they want and never seem to gain weight? You, on the other hand, feel like the scale creeps up if you even just look at bread. Well, you’re not imagining it.
While some people thrive on carbs, others should restrict how much they eat because different people process carbohydrates differently, according to leading US geneticist Dr Sharon Moalem.
“Carbohydrates have been villainised, but many of our ancestors who were farmers gave us the genes to thrive on a diet that’s up to 50% carb-based,” he says.
“If you inherited a high carb tolerance from your ancestors and
