“But at adulthood, many people develop a condition called insulin resistance. This condition causes your body to turn the starchy stuff you eat into fat instead of into energy. In a large percentage of the population, insulin resistance leads to type 2 diabetes in later life.”
I am very grateful for that information.
I am furious, but not at you, because this is the first time I have encountered that information. I have to wonder why the legions of people who should have told me about that never did.
“Read Gary Taubes’ “Good Calories, Bad Calories for a more thorough explanation.”
What a coincidence! I was clicking around yesterday from one article on nutrition to another, and ran across references to that in several places. It seems he has another book out, “Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It.”
Some people said it was a shorter, more accessible version of “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” but I don’t know, not having read either book.
I am definitely going to read “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” and soon.
Thank you for contributing to a discussion rather than exacerbating a quarrel.
Worth a read -- I read it about 12 months ago.
The thing is, in keeping with your earlier post about "the sumg is choking me" -- this book is definitely a refutation of the smarmy public service "The More You Know" ads. Acquiring the knowledge in the book does not give you the willpower to put it into practice.
My personal take is that the book is a good step forward but is not yet an accurate portrayal of weight gain -- I think there are still a number of what Rumsfeld called "unknown unknowns" lurking about.
Your mileage may vary.
Cheers!