In article <MsAXb.37222$yE5.131408@attbi_s54>, Cindy wrote:
>There are two types of carbohydrates. What are carbohydrates?  Plants
>and vegetables are carbohydrates.  So are rice, flour, and beans.

In case you didn't notice, rice, flour, and beans are plants.

>Therefore, eating a whole bunch of salad is taking a lot of
>carbohydrate, isn't it?  Does salad make you fat?  It's very likely;

Assuming that by "salad" you mean lettuce, then yes, it is largely
made up of carbyhydrate.  The differences is that a good portion of
the carbohydrate in lettuce is dietary fibre, which passes through 
your body unchanged and undigested.

>however, if you eat a lot of Oreo cookies -- which is carbohydrate also,
>it will turn into sugar then fat.

Yes, because the carbohydrate content of just a couple of Oreo cookies 
is higher than the carbohydrate content of all the lettuce that you 
would be able to fit into your stomach.

>Many Africans and Asians -- the world skinniest people are carbohydrate
>eaters. (PBS Radio station)

Sure, because they don't eat meat.

Basically, in the absence of insulin (which your body produces to metabolize
carbohydrate) your body can't really build up fat stores.  However, your
body will not build up fat stores anyway if you're starving..

 - awh