stackyFACTSCarbohydrates have always had a rough PR team, but outlawing them over biological fears is extreme.
Carbohydrates have always had a rough PR team, but outlawing them over biological fears is extreme. When potatoes were first introduced to France from the New World, the uneducated public was deeply suspicious of the strange tubers. Convinced they were poisonous and directly responsible for outbreaks of leprosy, the government officially criminalized potato cultivation in 1748, leaving the ultimate french fry completely illegal.
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