“The ADA’s “high carb diet” was not reversing anyone. It kept blood sugar and insulin levels high, being reduced by increasing amounts of drugs until the person ate themselves to death from bodily dysfunction.”
They weren’t losing any fat, either, I’ll wager. The actual number of calories necessary to maintain (or basal metabolism) is astonishingly low. Nobody wants to do that. The advice is also strange - “Eat 6 small meals a day”.
The body will become “insulin resistant” long before an actual clinical diagnosis is made Diabetes, the body starts to exhibit metabolic syndrome. The actual cell pathways in the mitochondria can also be trained to burn fat too, but a high (and frequent) refined carbohydrate diet means those pathways become unused and have a preference for glucose.
“Insulin Resistance” can he combated effectively through intermittent fasting, or just “fasting”. It takes time, like building up muscles after being out of shape for a long time. In fact there are a number of parallels between fasting and exercise.
I should point out my losing 60 pounds in about 8 months was done without benefit of exercise. I was serious about burning off some fat. I set a goal of 2.5 pounds per week, which isn’t very difficult for the first 20 pounds or so. The average dropped to about 1.5 pounds. Lots of plateaus and stubborn spots. Exercise helps, though not nearly as much as people think, it is ridiculous to suggest this if you pencil out how many calories are in common foods.
My point though, is I could (for example) eat two XL Hershey bars a day for several weeks, that’s 1200 calories. I’d lose weight (fat) no problem.
Now this would be stupid, or masochistic really, because of the blood sugar roller coaster, and “hunger” pains, but I can tell after a couple years straight of 24 hour fasting my body can handle refined sugar, carbs, fats, fiber, everything much more efficiently.
Carbs are actually an excellent food for people leading active lives and heavy exertion, as they are readily absorbed and provide nearly instant energy. In most cases though, they are a form of poison to sedentary types. The only thing worse is Alcohol.
“Carbs are actually an excellent food for people leading active lives and heavy exertion, as they are readily absorbed and provide nearly instant energy. In most cases though, they are a form of poison to sedentary types.”
I completely agree. As long as you actively burn off what you eat in carbs, you will do fine, assuming you don’t already have a bad situation with fatty liver or insulin/glucose resistance.