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. 2022 Feb 18;152(5):1200–1206. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac039

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Proposed new carbohydrates metrics to reflect food composition and its impact on health outcomes: The nutritional quality of a product is reflected by the sum and interaction of its individual nutrients, including macro- and micronutrients. A simplified extract of this full nutritional composition can be represented by a metric taking into account only three nutrients: total carbohydrates, fibres and added sugars. Products compliant with such metric were showed have higher nutritional quality, which may positively impact diet quality and health outcomes. CVD, cardiovascular disease.