A Nutrient in Need Of a Rebranding

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And to think it was just a few short years ago that carbohydrates were our friends. A new AC Nielsen study documents ways in which the craze for low-carb diets is now showing up in sales figures for basic foods. For the 52-week period ending Dec. 27, unit sales volume of instant rice was down 8.2 percent vs. the previous year. There were similar declines for cookies (-5.5 percent), bulk/ packaged rice (-4.9 percent), white bread (-4.7

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