Curing diabetes has been at the forefront of medical research for decades. The "Why" of diabetes has befuddled millions in Establishment medicine for a long-time. In the mid-1900's diabetes was joined at the hip with the "Cause of Heart Disease" crowd, blaming fat as the main culprit and then advocating a low-fat diet:
* overweight and obesity soared as people fattened up like cattle in a pen
* people became fatter at an ever-quickening pace
* no one connected the dots to see that it's actually carbohydrates that cause diabetes
Yes, that's right! It never was cholesterol and fat, it was always carbohydrates that were doing the damage in diabetes. Let the shouts go up, the screaming and gnashing of teeth begin. How was this missed? It's because medicine works mostly by belief systems and not by facts.
What was the logic in its thinking? Bone simple: eating fat would lead to fat accumulation in the body. But... the factual biochemistry is that carbs become the fat on your body, not fat.
This information rings the bell and busts up more than six decades of wrong thinking. By 1950, biochemical research had proven that it's carbohydrates that the body converts to fat. No one took the time to do a little reading and the whole issue took over the world's collective thinking -- much to its detriment.
When the low-carb diet exploded on the scene in 2002-2003, several scientists took a hard look at low-carbing to see if all the negative press it had received held up under scrutiny:
* the low-carb diet out-performed the low-fat diet and the Mediterranean diet in weight loss and fat loss
* blood sugar levels, the main culprit in diabetes, plummeted
* so-called dangerous fats (saturated -- but never proven dangerous) dropped in low-carb
* the recommended low-fat diet was defeated by the low-carb diet
The low-carb diet is just what a diabetic needs to solve this disease. And changes happen rapidly when you decrease carbohydrate intake. Fat-burning increases and sugar use drops while blood sugar drops dramatically. Just what the doctor should be ordering.
Syndrome X, also known as Metabolic Syndrome, is a constellation of symptoms indicating serious disturbances in health:
* overweight and obesity
* diabetes
* cardiovascular disease
* elevated blood pressure
It turns out that carbohydrate restriction may be the most logical approach in Metabolic Syndrome and diabetes and should be considered as the "default" dietary choice. It's likely the most effective approach in normal weight people who have Metabolic Syndrome and who do not want to follow a drug-based protocol.
Low-fat was never proven to be healthful and low-carb was shown to be a great health improver. Unfortunately, no one read this research completed during the last 50 years of the 20th century. Claims were just made about the dangers of eating diets higher in fat (although followers of the low-carb diet actually don't eat more fat).
A low-carbohydrate diet is part of our human heritage. Eating lots of carbs is a very recent change in eating habits and it was a mistake to go down this road. Let's follow a properly designed low-carb diet. Dr. Atkins's is poorly designed and most people fail in using it. The South Beach Diet isn't a low-carb diet and works poorly as well.
* overweight and obesity soared as people fattened up like cattle in a pen
* people became fatter at an ever-quickening pace
* no one connected the dots to see that it's actually carbohydrates that cause diabetes
Yes, that's right! It never was cholesterol and fat, it was always carbohydrates that were doing the damage in diabetes. Let the shouts go up, the screaming and gnashing of teeth begin. How was this missed? It's because medicine works mostly by belief systems and not by facts.
What was the logic in its thinking? Bone simple: eating fat would lead to fat accumulation in the body. But... the factual biochemistry is that carbs become the fat on your body, not fat.
This information rings the bell and busts up more than six decades of wrong thinking. By 1950, biochemical research had proven that it's carbohydrates that the body converts to fat. No one took the time to do a little reading and the whole issue took over the world's collective thinking -- much to its detriment.
When the low-carb diet exploded on the scene in 2002-2003, several scientists took a hard look at low-carbing to see if all the negative press it had received held up under scrutiny:
* the low-carb diet out-performed the low-fat diet and the Mediterranean diet in weight loss and fat loss
* blood sugar levels, the main culprit in diabetes, plummeted
* so-called dangerous fats (saturated -- but never proven dangerous) dropped in low-carb
* the recommended low-fat diet was defeated by the low-carb diet
The low-carb diet is just what a diabetic needs to solve this disease. And changes happen rapidly when you decrease carbohydrate intake. Fat-burning increases and sugar use drops while blood sugar drops dramatically. Just what the doctor should be ordering.
Syndrome X, also known as Metabolic Syndrome, is a constellation of symptoms indicating serious disturbances in health:
* overweight and obesity
* diabetes
* cardiovascular disease
* elevated blood pressure
It turns out that carbohydrate restriction may be the most logical approach in Metabolic Syndrome and diabetes and should be considered as the "default" dietary choice. It's likely the most effective approach in normal weight people who have Metabolic Syndrome and who do not want to follow a drug-based protocol.
Low-fat was never proven to be healthful and low-carb was shown to be a great health improver. Unfortunately, no one read this research completed during the last 50 years of the 20th century. Claims were just made about the dangers of eating diets higher in fat (although followers of the low-carb diet actually don't eat more fat).
A low-carbohydrate diet is part of our human heritage. Eating lots of carbs is a very recent change in eating habits and it was a mistake to go down this road. Let's follow a properly designed low-carb diet. Dr. Atkins's is poorly designed and most people fail in using it. The South Beach Diet isn't a low-carb diet and works poorly as well.
About the Author:
Dr. Gregory Ellis has completed detailed experiments in all aspects of diet and exercise. After using all diet methods during many years, Dr. Ellis discovered the power of the carbohydrate-resrticted diet. A reversal of Type II diabetes is now possible. Sign-up for his FREE ECourse on diabetes on diabetes and YOU can overcome its debilitating effects on your health.
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