"Finally, research indicates that excess fat calories are readily converted to body fat stores while the body only rarely changes excess carbohydrates into fat. (8) Therefore "as fat is stored more efficiently than excess carbohydrate, use of high carbohydrate foods is likely to reduce the risk of obesity in the long term" (2)"

WOW ! - This from a Phd and Master of Science - if only we had known!

Both references refer to;

"Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States and the World Health Organization. Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition. 1998; (FAO Food and Nutrition Paper - 66) Chapter 2, The Role of Carbohydrates in Maintenance of Health.

and Chapter 3 - Dietary Carbohydrate and disease"

- they wouldn't be the same people who gave us the food pyramid would they?? (with helpful assistance from the vegetable oil and sugar industry bodies)

Cheers,

Malcolm