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This is Your Body on Carbs!

Written by Keith

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:48

By the mid-1960s, four facts had been established beyond reasonable doubt: (1) carbohydrates are singularly responsible for prompting insulin secretion; (2) insulin is singularly responsible for inducing fat accumulation; (3) dietary carbohydrates are required for excess fat accumulation; and (4) both Type 2 diabetics and the obese have abnormally elevated levels of circulating insulin and a "greatly exaggerated" insulin response to carbohydrates in the diet.

Gary Taubes

If you are still eating sugar, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and other starchy foods, then you are greatly increasing your risk of all the diseases associated with Metabolic Syndrome such as: Hypertension, High Cholesterol, Heart Disease, Obesity, Diabetes and Cancer.

Get off the crack as soon as you can! I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to avoid sugar and carbohydrates. Please read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes and convince yourself to eat a diet rich in protein and fat. Do not be discouraged by the media that will lie to you and tell you how fat is bad. Rest assured eating less carbohydrates will save your life.

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written by Jeff, August 12, 2008

http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=35303

I don't care what you say
written by Kris, August 13, 2008

I love carbs. I will always eat them! smilies/tongue.gif

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written by Keith W., August 13, 2008

"Getting people to change their diets is comparable to getting them to change their religion or their sexual orientation." Greg Glassman

Everybody loves carbs! Sugar is like crack cocaine. No matter how bad it is for you people will still love it, crave it, eat it and justify their doing so. Just remember, "We dig our graves with out mouths."

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written by Jeff, August 13, 2008

Is Coach saying that blotting the cheese oil from my pizza slice is the equivalent of becoming bi-curious?

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written by Jen, August 13, 2008

And just like giving up crack...sometimes you've got to hit rock bottom (i.e., not being able to fit into your clothes) before you admit you've got a problem.

Hi... my name is jen and i'm a recovering sugar addict! smilies/wink.gif

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written by Katie, August 14, 2008

Giving up soda was one of the best things I ever did for myself...unfortunately, Starbucks has Frappucinos that are delicious... I'm not 100% certain there's not crack actually in them. I have traded one addiction for another... smilies/sad.gif

Oh... As soon as school starts though, I promise to be better... smilies/sad.gif

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written by Keith W., August 15, 2008

Although they say diet sodas are okay for diebetics, there have been numerous animal studies done that suggest otherwise. Animals have a Pavlovian response to sweets. They release an initial wave of insulin in response to the taste something sweet whether it's real sugar or fake sugar.

If the same is true in humans this explains why diet sodas don't actually help anybody lose weight and often make people fatter.

Yes, Frappucinos have Crack in them!

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written by Katie, August 15, 2008

It might also be the Big Mac and large fries they ordered with the diet coke too.... just a thought... smilies/grin.gif