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What’s “carbs”?

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The phrase "carbs" is short for "carbohydrates", which are foods that contain a lot of sugar and starch, like dairy, bread, and potatoes, for example. Since "carbohydrates" is such a long word, most people abbreviate this to "carbs".

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