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'Dramatic' and 'simplistic' are interesting words to describe 'Good Calories, Bad Calories'. I'd hate to read your idea of pedantic.
They apply to 'WWGF'. GCBC was good and is certainly thorough and more nuanced that WWGF, but the detail and substance is centered more on the historical side of the formation of the 'lipid hypothesis' than strictly on carbs/insulin. it's not that he's completely off-base, but he's refined (no pun intended) his position to the point that it's become too simple. You don't automatically become fat ONLY because you consume carbs - the fact that some people manage to remain slim while doing so clearly shows that. I'd have much less objection if he put greater emphasis on how it applied to people that were already overweight. In those cases, the insulin cycle does seem to work much more closely to his description.
wushuliu - visceral fat is a killer. It is probably the #1 cause of sudden heart attack death, especially in younger and 'fit' people. And guess what the primary driver of visceral fat is? Yep, grains and sugar. I almost dropped dead from a near fatal MI at 34, I don't want to have that experience again.
World Renown Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart DiseaseDr. Dwight Lundell has been a heart specialist MD and surgeon for 25 years, having performed 5,000 open heart surgeries. He was Chief Surgeon at the Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ, and he ran a successful private practice.He explains that the low fat diet is killing us by creating inflammation in our arteries. Bad diet= sugar and grains is the main culprit. He also says that cholesterol is not the problem, so stay away from statins. New studies shows that statins causes diabetes, cancer, and muscle weakeness. Since the heart is a muscle, statins can also cause heart attacks. Dr. Lundell said that in half of his surgeries, the patient actually had normal cholesterol.http://www.laleva.org/eng/2012/03/world_renown_heart_surgeon_speaks_out_on_what_really_causes_heart_disease-print.html
Hi Tom,That is a good link, and likely reasonably close to what happens, instead of the "Statin Company Line".Cholesterol IS NOT the problem. Strangely enough it has to combine with Calcium, and you and you don't see Calcium Lowering Meds .
kenreau - half the people that have heart attacks have low cholesterol. Mine was low when I had mine. The best theory out there nowadays is the injury theory - arteries are penetrated by a very specific form of LDL called sdLDL (small, dense LDL). This LDL is small enough to get through the barriers of the arteries. Once it's embedded in the artery wall, it starts to rot. The body sees it as necrosis and sends cholesterol to patch it up (cholesterol acts as spackling in our bodies), along with white blood cells and T cells. They attack it like they would any injury and leave behind a nice bit of soft and hard plaque more. Over time, with repeated injuries, these build up and eventually rupture.What causes sdLDL to increase? A diet high in grains and sugar, and low in daily exercise. An alternate theory also exists that is probably correct also, which means there are 2 mechanisms that can drive heart disease. This states that the arteries become "brittle" and start to crack over time, and these micro-cracks get spackled over with cholesterol and eventually this also builds up and leads to rupture. What causes the brittleness? A state of inflammation. What causes inflammation? A diet high in toxins (like sugar and wheat, and possibly vegetable oils, which oxidize very easily), and a lack of daily exercise.
Great link, Tom, I'll plan to read it this weekend. I'm on board with the avoiding Statins.I have to ask - If Cholesterol IS NOT the problem, what is? Is it not a given that people with high or elevated (total >275+) Cholesterol levels are much more likely to have heart attacts, clogged arteries, strokes and related issues?
John, I recall reading something associated with the Calcium links. Iirc, as we get on with age (25 yrs+?), Calcium begins leaching out of our bones. Our highly acidic diets of soft drinks, coffee, etc. amplifies this Calcium leaching process and throws the pH balance off. Tap water high in chlorine, all types of alcohol, coffee and soft drinks are acid-forming in the body. Likewise, all processed and sugary foods, dairy products, meat, poultry, fish and seafood are acid-forming. I thought the point of this observation was to increase the amount of Calcium in our diets (to offset the leaching, improve bone strength, etc) and attempt to avoid more acidic food & beverages. i.e. eat more "basic"(alkaline) foods (to counter balance the acids).
I have inflammation issues. I keep it under control with weight training and diet. I also take Tumeric, fish oil and Zyflamed which is a combo deal.
