Bottom line, carbohydrates stimulate overproduction of insulin that causes conversion of the carb to sugar (glucose) for use by the body. If the body does not need it immediately, it goes to fat. The body cannot make this same conversion with animal or plant fats and proteins.
It is worth pointing out that once you reach the age of around 50-60, secondary effects of insulin damage become a leading cause of death. A large percentage of cardiovascular disease in older folks is linked to insulin damage, particularly things like strokes. People who load up on carbs when they are young will suffer severe CV problems and other organ degenerative diseases starting when they get into their 40s or 50s.
Since insulin damage is cumulative over the life of a person, I expect in a decade or two we will have a bubble of people who, due to years of buying into the low-fat high-carb diet, will start showing the symptoms of unusually high levels of insulin damage.
"I never underestimate the ability of judges to come up with curious rulings," says Gifford of the Michigan Restaurant Association. "But clearly, if you sat around and listened to the average citizen talk about this (Barber) lawsuit, they realize it for being the frivolous shot at big money that it is and we're hopeful that judges and juries will treat it accordingly."
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Hamburgers, french-fries and soft drinks; don't they sell those in grocery stores as well as in restaurants? There are many companies that manufacture those products. Just as there are many companies that manufactured tobacco products. Lawyers attacked the tobacco manufacturers, not the retail sellers of tobacco products. Why suddenly have the fat-police going after the retail sellers/prepare rather than the manufactures? Because even the lawyers know they would be trounced by the food manufacturers. Archer Daniels Midland alone could crush all the lawyers.
Bottom line, carbohydrates stimulate overproduction of insulin that causes conversion of the carb to sugar (glucose) for use by the body. If the body does not need it immediately, it goes to fat. The body cannot make this same conversion with animal or plant fats and proteins.
Agree. The lawyers would never attack the government -- the hand that feeds them -- for advocating a bogus food pyramid.