The news about how to cure diabetes will come as a shock to the medical Establishment. But the science is now in after years of denial. Medicine has supported low-fat eating for decades, but we realize now that it did not work:
* people just got fatter and fatter
* obesity and diabetes rates increased dramatically
* no one connected the dots to see that it's actually carbohydrates that cause diabetes
Yes, that's right! It never was cholesterol and fat, it was always carbohydrates that were doing the damage in diabetes. Let the shouts go up, the screaming and gnashing of teeth begin. How was this missed? It's because medicine works mostly by belief systems and not by facts.
How did it turn out that fat got blamed? There was one major bogus study published in 1953 that implicated fat and then that idea steam-rolled everyone and became the entrenched dogma. It's still believed here in 2009. But... fat was not the culprit and the evidence began to shake out by the mid-1980's that it was blood glucose arising from carbohydrates that was the villain.
This information rings the bell and busts up more than six decades of wrong thinking. By 1950, biochemical research had proven that it's carbohydrates that the body converts to fat. No one took the time to do a little reading and the whole issue took over the world's collective thinking -- much to its detriment.
Starting during the early 2000's explosion of interest in low-carb, young, unbiased researchers set up some very good experiments to study the diet. What was the outcome? The results disproved all the negative statements that had been made during the last four decades:
* body fat and body weight dropped faster in low-carbers than low-fat dieters
* sugar in the blood dropped whereas there was no change in the low-fat diet group
* reduction in the dangerous fats
* the recommended low-fat diet was defeated by the low-carb diet
Diabetics can improve health and cure diabetes by following a low-carb diet. Changes occur rapidly, in less than 12 hours, as the body switches fuels from burning sugar to burning fat. It no longer needs much sugar. This is a fact not understood by the medical Establishment.
Metabolic Syndrome is a common health problem today. It's characterized by several major abnormalities including:
* overweight and obesity
* disturbances in both fat and sugar metabolism that cause diabetes
* cardiovascular disease
* increased blood pressure
It turns out that carbohydrate restriction may be the most logical approach in Metabolic Syndrome and diabetes and should be considered as the "default" dietary choice. It's likely the most effective approach in normal weight people who have Metabolic Syndrome and who do not want to follow a drug-based protocol.
Now, scientists are realizing the hazards of the standard recommendations of a low-fat diet, and believe it's inconsistent with good health. The low-fat diet, if high in carbohydrates, raises blood triglycerides, lowers good HDL cholesterol, and worsens blood sugar control.
A low-carbohydrate diet is part of our human heritage. Eating lots of carbs is a very recent change in eating habits and it was a mistake to go down this road. Let's follow a properly designed low-carb diet. Dr. Atkins's is poorly designed and most people fail in using it. The South Beach Diet isn't a low-carb diet and works poorly as well.
* people just got fatter and fatter
* obesity and diabetes rates increased dramatically
* no one connected the dots to see that it's actually carbohydrates that cause diabetes
Yes, that's right! It never was cholesterol and fat, it was always carbohydrates that were doing the damage in diabetes. Let the shouts go up, the screaming and gnashing of teeth begin. How was this missed? It's because medicine works mostly by belief systems and not by facts.
How did it turn out that fat got blamed? There was one major bogus study published in 1953 that implicated fat and then that idea steam-rolled everyone and became the entrenched dogma. It's still believed here in 2009. But... fat was not the culprit and the evidence began to shake out by the mid-1980's that it was blood glucose arising from carbohydrates that was the villain.
This information rings the bell and busts up more than six decades of wrong thinking. By 1950, biochemical research had proven that it's carbohydrates that the body converts to fat. No one took the time to do a little reading and the whole issue took over the world's collective thinking -- much to its detriment.
Starting during the early 2000's explosion of interest in low-carb, young, unbiased researchers set up some very good experiments to study the diet. What was the outcome? The results disproved all the negative statements that had been made during the last four decades:
* body fat and body weight dropped faster in low-carbers than low-fat dieters
* sugar in the blood dropped whereas there was no change in the low-fat diet group
* reduction in the dangerous fats
* the recommended low-fat diet was defeated by the low-carb diet
Diabetics can improve health and cure diabetes by following a low-carb diet. Changes occur rapidly, in less than 12 hours, as the body switches fuels from burning sugar to burning fat. It no longer needs much sugar. This is a fact not understood by the medical Establishment.
Metabolic Syndrome is a common health problem today. It's characterized by several major abnormalities including:
* overweight and obesity
* disturbances in both fat and sugar metabolism that cause diabetes
* cardiovascular disease
* increased blood pressure
It turns out that carbohydrate restriction may be the most logical approach in Metabolic Syndrome and diabetes and should be considered as the "default" dietary choice. It's likely the most effective approach in normal weight people who have Metabolic Syndrome and who do not want to follow a drug-based protocol.
Now, scientists are realizing the hazards of the standard recommendations of a low-fat diet, and believe it's inconsistent with good health. The low-fat diet, if high in carbohydrates, raises blood triglycerides, lowers good HDL cholesterol, and worsens blood sugar control.
A low-carbohydrate diet is part of our human heritage. Eating lots of carbs is a very recent change in eating habits and it was a mistake to go down this road. Let's follow a properly designed low-carb diet. Dr. Atkins's is poorly designed and most people fail in using it. The South Beach Diet isn't a low-carb diet and works poorly as well.
About the Author:
Dr. Gregory Ellis has spent his life studying and experimenting in all aspects of diet and exercise. Dr. Ellis used himself as a human dietary experiment during many years, Dr. Ellis discovered the power of the carbohydrate-restricted diet. A reversal of Type II diabetes is now possible. Sign-up for Dr. Ellis's mini ECourse on diabetes and what YOU can do to defeat it.
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