Do you think I would stick with a plan if it caused me to gain weight? Really? I would love to see what all these paleo devotees who claim how thin and fit they have become REALLY look like. I'll bet their bodies are a mess. Inside and out.
Paleo is just discredited Atkins nonsense and pushed by the meat and dairy industries. Fine. Have it, along with eventual cancer and heart disease. Keep eating your dietary cholesterol. Your bacon , eggs, milk, beef and pork. I'll never go back to any of that. I know how much better I feel now. Like I said. BEST thing I have ever done for myself.
There are well-informed, disciplined people like you who can do well on a high carb diet; Jane Brody is their queen and Colin Campbell their king. HOWEVER, for the vast majority of people, low carb is the way to go. Have a look at the two graphs below:
As you can see, in the late 1970s when the food companies and the people of the US began listening to the low fat Nazis and changed foods to low fat and began extolling high carb intakes, we became fatter as a country than ever before. And, increases in pre-diabetes and diabetes have, of course, followed.
Please allow me to make a few more points. In countries like India and China--up until about 20 years ago--they ate mostly carbs, with a bit of protein and fat. They were fine; BUT, when more protein and fat was added to their diets more recently (i.e., they became Westernized), obesity and diabetes have skyrocketed. India, for example, now has the highest rate of increase in diabetes in the world. So, it appears to be the combination of high carbs and high fat that is the bad actor.
Here is an article from JAMA that shows the beneficial metabolic effects of a low carb diet compared to others.
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You know sometimes I actually think that it’s a good thing that people can’t accept the truth about animal products. Because if they did then prices would rise dramatically. And right now this is a very affordable way to eat. Caldwell Essylstyn has many videos on youtube that demonstrate from his practice just how much damagage animal products do to you arteries. But people won’t know until they have that first event, which could be fatal. Did you know that 50,000 patients die on the operating table during heart operations each year?