Peter Attia· MD
there's no population on Earth who has as many carbohydrates and simple sugars as these athletes by a landslide, right? These guys at the Tour de France, for example.
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there's no population on Earth who has as many carbohydrates and simple sugars as these athletes by a landslide, right? These guys at the Tour de France, for example.
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So we're talking about these people are having daily about 1500 grams of sugar daily. I'm sorry, 1,500 calories of sugar.
And out of those... at least a good 30% of those to 50 is simple carbohydrates.