1 of 10 Gary Taubes: Science of Weightloss and Fat Accumulation 4/15/2010 + Q/A

[openuniverse2003]

This guy is right. So is anyone who promotes a diet LOW TO NON-EXISTENT in carbohydrates. Feed the carbs to cattle, then eat the cattle. Result: no more obesity and all the stupid modern-day diseases that come with it. Carbs lead to high insulin, which forces the carbs to be stored as fat. Also, fructose, i.e., fruits, should be eaten sparingly, and whole, so that the fiber that comes with the fruit helps you deal with the fructose. Good luck!

[shoegooguru]

@openuniverse2003 So...if one has eaten so many carbs for so long, and has caused one's system to become insulin resistant...then ...will switching to a NO carb diet leave us tired all the time? Since our system is not used to burning fat(or it is 'locked' in the fat cells)for energy, will we not be hungry all the time as now our system does not have the 'quick energy'sugars/carbs it is used to using for energy? 'FatHead' video lead me here...just not clear on this aspect. Tnx for input.

[openuniverse2003]

@shoegooguru From personal experience, if you haven't had the misfortune of destroying your pancrease, it's never too late to bounce back with a very low carb diet. Do you get "tired all the time". After a few days, when your body becomes used to it, the answer from everyone who has ever tried it is "No". In fact, you start feeling a LOT better, lighter, more energetic, and, paradoxically, LESS hungry than you would have before. Carbs are NOT necessary to live. Protein and fats are.

[Jibbie49]

@shoegooguru If you read the book, he explains that when u r off the carbs ur cells "heal" in a sense so with weight loss u correct the Insulin Resistance to a point. At a normal wt, u can introduce some carbs back into the diet, just like Dr. Atkins explains in his book.

Insulin Resistance is a vicious cycle, putting out Insulin that stores calories as fat, then makes us have Gherlin so we are hungry & crave more carbs.

[AppleSouffle]

Shoegooguru, when you switch from high carb to high fat, it takes 2 to 4 weeks for your body to adjust.

On high carb, your body pumps out lots of insulin to digest those carbs. As soon as you switch to high fat, it STILL pumps out high insulin, more than is needed for a low carb, high fat diet. So your body must adjust and stop pumping out so much insulin.

Check out the Barry Groves videos. There's a great one with Barry at the Wise Traditions conference. It's on Vimeo, and he has a book.