The "Western" diseases aren't caused by carb consumption per se either ... if they were, then the 2/3 of the world that lives mainly on rice, beans, corn or yams would all have "Western" diseases. Rice starts turning to sugar the minute you start chewing it. The problem is, most of the "studies" done on weight loss and carbs are all being done on Westerners, and our metabolisms are basically messed up at this point. If you want to figure out what is wrong with the Western diet, you need to look at what is truly unique about our diet, esp. stuff that started after WW2.
So what changed?
A really huge change was: the invention of instant milk and people not breastfeeding babies. It is known that preemie babies, fed artificially, are way more likely to be obese as adults, for reasons still unknown.
Also, after WW2 was when iron started being added to most starchy foods, and iron supplements were being popped like candy. Free iron and stored ferritin levels are very much associated with insulin resistance and heart disease: there are plenty of studies on that, but it doesn't get much press for some reason.
After WW2 was when trans fats started becoming common ... in all the margarine and most fried food. Crisco became the common home-cooking fat.
After WW2 was when the idea of the "snack" was born ... before that, and in many countries today ... it was considered that a snack between meals would "ruin your appetite". Plus, few people had refrigerators. My grandpa took one stick of pepperoni with him daily, for "lunch", on a hard physical job. His main meal was in the evening. "One big meal a day" was pretty much a norm unless you were rich.
And after WW2 was when we invented "Wonder Bread" ... wheat bread with added gluten and transglutamase, and super-high-protein wheat ... so it's fluffier. And of course said bread was added either in bread or bun form to pretty much every meal kids ate. (Before that, potatoes and rice were actually staples for many families: bread was handmade and more expensive).
Once you are insulin resistant, eating low carb can work very well to stop it. So can Fast-5, which is why a lot of people report they can now eat candy and still lose weight. (My fasting glucose levels dropped 15 points, which is great!).
And some people do really well on lots of meat. Others do very well with not much meat at all, or have a hard time digesting meat but do well on other proteins. Me, I do best on fish and eggs, both of which I also love, and beans and rice. My daughter does best on cheese. I do think there is a baseline amount of protein that human beings need to "not be hungry" though, and it is helpful on Fast-5 to make sure you get that amount.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Chantelle <chantelles@cox.net> wrote:
""western" diseases--heart (arterial), Type II diabetes, etc., are practically nonexistent in these areas." Those were practically non existent in this country as well, well into probably the 40's here, but most certainly around the turn of the century. Those diseases , none of them are caused by our meat consumption.........research and you will see.........
In 1995 I watched a vhs tape from the library that got into the science of this(why its the sugar and starches that kill you and cause diabetes and heart disease, as well as pretty much everything else that can go wrong), so the science has been out for quite some time now, but the popular media likely may never really catch up since the drug industry is a huge business and the last thing that is wanted is for people to actually get healthy.......that would put millions out of jobs......
Chantelle
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