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Master Don Juan
Some of you may have read WBA and other's writings about how carbs, not fats, are the real problem in keeping the fat off. And not only that but how refined, processed foods that contain an abundance of carbs are damaging to our health. Other's of you may have seen Karma's great health results when he followed a high fat, ultra low carb diet. Some of you may have wondered why. Well here is an article that delves a little deeper (not a lot), that I found interesting and informative. Here it is:
"There is considerable evidence that the obesity epidemic is caused by a hormonal phenomenon, specifically by the consumption of refined carbohydrates, starches and sugars, all of which prompt (sooner or later) excessive insulin secretion. Insulin is the primary regulator of fat storage. When insulin levels are elevated, fat accumulates in our body tissue; when they fall, fat is released and we use it for fuel. By stimulating insulin secretion, carbohydrates make us fat; by driving us to accumulate fat, this increases hunger and decreases the energy we expend in metabolism and physical activity. In short, obesity is caused not by overeating or sedentary behavior, but by the hormonal malfunctioning triggered by the consumption of particular types of carbohydrate-containing foods. Obesity researchers, nutritionists and health authorities have refused to contemplate this scenario, partly because it would imply that diet-book doctors advocating carbohydrate-restricted diets- Robert Atkins et al - were right all along. Instead, these alleged experts and guardians of our health have wasted a good part of a century on research bases on a high-school misconception, watching their compatriots grow ever fatter while blaming everyone but themselves. In the process, they have created a field of clinical medicine that functions more like a religion than a science. It is time to put the science back in charge."
Exert from New Scientist article "The great diet delusion" Issue No.2639. By Gary Taubes.
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"There is considerable evidence that the obesity epidemic is caused by a hormonal phenomenon, specifically by the consumption of refined carbohydrates, starches and sugars, all of which prompt (sooner or later) excessive insulin secretion. Insulin is the primary regulator of fat storage. When insulin levels are elevated, fat accumulates in our body tissue; when they fall, fat is released and we use it for fuel. By stimulating insulin secretion, carbohydrates make us fat; by driving us to accumulate fat, this increases hunger and decreases the energy we expend in metabolism and physical activity. In short, obesity is caused not by overeating or sedentary behavior, but by the hormonal malfunctioning triggered by the consumption of particular types of carbohydrate-containing foods. Obesity researchers, nutritionists and health authorities have refused to contemplate this scenario, partly because it would imply that diet-book doctors advocating carbohydrate-restricted diets- Robert Atkins et al - were right all along. Instead, these alleged experts and guardians of our health have wasted a good part of a century on research bases on a high-school misconception, watching their compatriots grow ever fatter while blaming everyone but themselves. In the process, they have created a field of clinical medicine that functions more like a religion than a science. It is time to put the science back in charge."
Exert from New Scientist article "The great diet delusion" Issue No.2639. By Gary Taubes.
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