Mutane da yawa alawus din rayuwa mai da hankali ga abin da aka sani da macro-abinci mai gina jiki ko sunadarai, mai da carbohydrates, wanda zai samar da kusan dukkanin adadin kuzarinku na yau da kullun kuma waɗannan ana haɓaka su da kananan-gina jiki ko bitamin, ma'adanai, zaren cin abinci, waɗanda galibi suke cikin carbohydrates.
Nazarin da aka gudanar a Harvard an kirkireshi azaman tsayayyen gwajin asibiti inda aka bi manya 800 masu nauyin kiba tsawon shekaru biyu. An sanya wannan rukuni akan ɗayan nau'ikan abinci iri huɗu, tun daga matsakaicin ƙarancin carbohydrates da mai, zuwa waɗanda suke da yawa a cikin mai ƙwanƙwasa da ƙananan mai.
A sakamakon haka, an samu cewa ba tare da la'akari da macro-abubuwan gina jiki ba, marasa lafiya suna rasa nauyi iri ɗaya, kusan fam 13 bayan shekara guda, jimlar kusan fam 8 a ƙarshen shekaru biyu.
Hakanan ya kamata a kula da cewa abinci mai ƙarancin mai yana ba da jaraba don cinye carbohydrates mai sauƙi (cutarwa ga lafiya), maimakon hadadden carbohydrates, yana ƙara haɗarin rashin haƙuri ga insulin ciwon sukari.
Abincin da ya fi dacewa ga lafiyar lafiyar jiki, shi ne wanda ke kula da kiyaye nauyi, lafiyar gabobi da haɗin gwiwa, kasancewar shine wanda ke nuni da ƙarancin amfani da mai da mai yawan ƙwayoyin carbohydrates, galibi na asali, ba tare da neman sakamako mai sauri wanda zai kawo ƙarshen illa kawai ga lafiyar.