Quote Originally Posted by emily_in_nc View Post
White flour might as well be sugar - it's pure simple carbohydrate and converts to "sugar" in your body.
That's what I'd always thought, but the sugar article says no.

I don't know what to believe. I've always felt it silly to demonize a particular food, and "calories in vs. calories out" seems to work for me. Apparently there's more to it.

Besides, I like any logic that makes shortbread a good thing.