Carbohydrates continued…

What is missing with the insulin theory? The rest of the story. Insulin sensitivity,release and metabolism are controlled by numerous factors outside of the amount of carbohydrate consumed in the diet. Activity level,metabolism,food quality,stress,sleep and so on all affect insulin metabolism. All forms of exercise improve insulin sensitivity and this is independent of diet. Next time someone tells you not to eat carbs because they stimulate insulin,run the other way! The body is more complicated than that (Thank GodJ and no,you are not metabolically special if you are born in America and therefore,

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What’s wrong with Gary Taubes theory on why we get fat?

There are so many things wrong with Taubes theory,it is hard to know where to start. Americans are fatter than ever simply because we are eating more (~500 calories a day more than in the 1970s) and that is from a COMBINATION of processed fats and carbohydrates.

Insulin has many beneficial functions in regards to weight control. It stimulates leptin,increases thermogenisis and signals satiety to name just a few. It is not the only hormone involved in fat storage and to state it as such is an 8th grade level of understanding fat metabolism….funny thing is that throughout

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