low carbohydrates and big fat lies

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low carbohydrates and big fat lies!

• normal blood sugars and
• how to achieve them

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what the experts say

• High blood sugar is the hallmark of diabetes and
  the cause of every long-term complication of the
  disease Dr. Richard Bernstein
• Diabetes is clearly a disease of poor sugar
  metabolism and sugar (i.e. carbohydrate) is the
  dietary source of this imbalance. Dr.
  Wolfgang Lutz
• Type 2 diabetes is a disease of carbohydrate
  overload Dr. Chris Allan
• Replacing carbohydrates with saturated fat has a
  beneficial effect on blood sugar and
  cardiovascular health Dr. Jeff Volek,
  University of Connecticut

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insulin reduction over 12 months
75 reduction
78 units per day
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glycated hemoglobin over 10 years (HbA1c)
traditional diet
normal glucose
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the history of the human diet
our evolutionary history
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insulin response to the 3 food groups
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a very vicious circle
DIABETES
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words of wisdom

• The fallacy that eating fat will make you fat
  is about as scientifically logical as saying that
  eating tomatoes will turn you red.
• Dr Richard Bernstein

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typical hunter gatherer diet
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20
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full of eastern promise? yeah, right!
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blood tests before and after

• September 2000 September 2007
• traditional diet low carbohydrate diet
• HbA1c 7.6 HbA1c 4.6
• Cholesterol ratio 2.6 Cholesterol ratio 1.7
• Body Mass Index 28.9 Body Mass Index 21.8
• Triglyceride 1.7 Triglyceride 0.6
• HDL cholesterol 1.7 HDL cholesterol 3.0
• LDL cholesterol 2.4 LDL cholesterol 1.8