[arthurb999]

carbohydrate is the main killer in the average western diet, not fat. Eskimos and other aboriginal people with very high fat levels in their diet do not suffer degenerative artery disease in the way we do in the civilized world. However misinformation and ignorance abounds. Whatever science you read extolling the supposed benefits of carbohydrates, this will always refer to complex carbohydrates (meaning whole grains, fruits and vegetables (added by myself) ). This also overlooks the fact that many people are intolerant to grains. Despite all the propaganda, even whole grains are not “natural” foods at all. Man evolved as a hunter gatherer and grains have only been in our diet for the last 10,000 years or so. Many people cannot digest grains but get unpleasant reactions.

Ironically, refined carbohydrates are better tolerated than whole grains by these individuals. But make no mistake, white flour, white sugar, corn syrup, white potato and other starch-rich foods are bad for you and will shorten your life. Yet these are the ingredients commonly used by the food manufacturing industry: Bread, cakes, biscuits, pasta, pastries and other confectionary items, french fries, food thickeners, coffee whiteners, white rice and skimmed milk (milk with the fat reduced has proportionately more sugar!) - these are all stressful to your metabolism. Sooner or later the control mechanism which regulates the flood of such carbohydrates into your body will break down and serious, life-threatening consequences will result.

The four main resulting dangers are:
• obesity
• insulin resistance or hyperinsulinism
• syndrome x
• diabetes

bingo!