Marines Stress Diabetes Education

Posted August 3rd, 2009 at 11:29 am in Low Carb

Low-Carb Diets Show Protective Effect Against Type II Diabetes!

Thomas Halton, a recent graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health and founder of a nutrition consulting company called Fitness Plus, seemed to be a bit surprised that the one diet that did seem to show a protective effect against type 2 diabetes was a low-carb plan, one that advocates cutting out "bad" carbs like processed sugar and flour. Duh!, just because dieters the world over (nutritionists and doctors too!) have been brainwashed by all the low-fat propaganda out there doesn't mean that there aren't people in the know.

It's just too much of an effort to actually read about the science behind low-carb in Dr. Atkins and Dr. Agatson's books. All that talk about not eating any white stuff, bread, potatoes, pasta and sugar – all my favorites! All someone needs to hear is that Dr. Atkins said never eat fruit! Not true but for someone who hasn't read the book to know that he advocated not eating fruit only during the induction phase of his weight loss plan.

What has happened here is that the sugar people have done their jobs well, just go to any grocery store or even specialty "health food" stores and read the nutrition labels of their "low fat" products. Prepare to be amazed at the sky-high carbohydrate content – 99 percent of which is sugar! In order to make low-fat products palatable, food manufacturers have to add sugar when they take out the fat. No taste = no sale!