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Walter Bushell wrote:

In article
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Wildbilly wrote:

In article ,
Walter Bushell wrote:

In article
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Wildbilly wrote:

In article ,
Walter Bushell wrote:

In article
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Wildbilly wrote:

Oh, be sure to bring money.

Eating, you know, isn't rocket science. People have been eating for
thousands of years without getting fat. Our hunter/gatherer
ancestors
didn't go out with shopping lists. They pretty much ate what was
available, whether the stars were aligned or not, but of course
they
didn't eat junk food made from refined grains, corn syrup, and soy
oil,
that over feeds and undernourishes so many today.


Refined grains aren't much better; they are pretty much all glucose
with
a minimal amount of fibre.

And the germ, which is a source for vitamins and minerals. At least
they
are free from fructose.

Otherwise, glucose (1) triggers insulin, which is important in fat
transport, (2) causes glycation of proteins, impeding the metabolism,
(3) raises Very Low Density Lipids (triglycerides) which causes
atherosclerosis. So you can see that avoiding sugar spikes is a good
thing.

I've read the nutrition panels for whole grains, and I am not impressed.
Perhaps the germ and husks are useful. Otherwise, it all starch which is
immediately transformed into glucose.

Albeit, it may be necessary to eat grains for economic reasons. (

See _The Low Starch Diabetes Solution_ (blurbs below)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570767/

http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/rob...ch-diabetes-so
lution/_/R-400000000000000178795

Thesis: Aside from sodas, fruit juice, ice cream and a few other foods
sugar is not the culprit, starch is, because we (Typical SAD eaters) eat
much more starch than sugar (except for above). If sugar is in starchy
food then it's bad. The Author does not talk about sweet and sour
sources that hide the sweetness of sugar, but he does talk about cold
and how it blocks the taste of sugar. Also the malt in beer, I do
believe he mentions as a bad thing for diabetics and pre diabetics.

I have to think that the "good" doctor is pandering to diabetics and
over-weight people. "Dr. Thompson has changed the way we think about
treating diabetes--and kept his own under control for ten years--with
his focus on starch, not sugar, as the number-one cause behind this
chronic condition." The preceding statement looks as if it is saying
that if one gives up potatoes, you can eat ice cream.

Actually, he states ice cream as a special case to avoid, but yes, it's
even worse than sodas.

This information isn't at the site given above for the book.
"In six easy steps, you will learn to eliminate the harmful effects of
dietary starch and keep your blood sugar levels perfect while enjoying
satisfying amounts of delicious food (including chocolate!)."

Satisfying amounts to me is a half gallon of chocolate based, gourmet
ice cream, and a spoon;O)


Anything beyond a very small amount of carbohydrates, including sugar,
is bad for us. Additionally, fructose (hugh fructose corn syrup and
table sugar) puts a strain on our livers. "The livers of the rats on the
high fructose diet looked like the livers of alcoholics, plugged with
fat and cirrhotic.( Forristal, Linda (Fall 2001). "The Murky World of
High-Fructose Corn Syrup". Weston A. Price Foundation.) Fructose tastes
sweeter than glucose, but doesn't give the feeling of satiety that
glucose does, which encourages greater consumption of sugary, starchy
foods --- obesity.

I'm not well enough read, yet, to know where the lower level of carb
consumption is (perhaps no carbs), but the less you eat, the greater
your chances of extending your life.
--
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.

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