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Funny link. I've seen quite some hate for Dr. Peat over the time. But comparing one of his articles to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf? That's a bit harsh, isn't it?
Edit: Ontopic. @Motif:
Why don't you buy something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Bayer-7377-C...blood+glucose&qid=1560271196&s=gateway&sr=8-9
I was curious about my blood sugar levels, too. I bought that exact same device on german amazon. It's no lie, when the package says "easy to use". I'm just testing my fasting blood glucose here and there. It's always ok and it takes the concerns regarding diabetes.
Check out Ivor cummins on Utube. He has a whole new take on what is causing diabetes and it isn't fats, but sugar and Carbs.
I have his book and it is really interesting reading. Just started it.
Basically refined carbs like white bread or pasta or rice is a bit like eating pure sugar. Long term high insulin levels are the cause of heart disease and diabetes.
We need to move to a low carb diet, higher protein and much higher healthy full fats. Fruit and fructose are also not so good for us.
It's tough to get the head around it all, but the demonisation of fats since the 70's has meant we all eat a much higher carb diet and so the metabolic illnesses have exploded.
Not caused by sugar, but by insulin resistance, which is caused by elevated cortisol, inflammation, hypothyroid, low androgens, endotoxins, PUFAs, estrogen, etc.Long term high insulin levels are the cause of heart disease and diabetes.
All the studies I read about fruits show positive effects and improvements in health.Fruit and fructose are also not so good for us.
Have you read the articles at raypeat.com? You are posting the mainstream narrative, which is the exact opposite of Dr. Peat's viewpoint.
Check out Ivor cummins on Utube. He has a whole new take on what is causing diabetes and it isn't fats, but sugar and Carbs.
I have his book and it is really interesting reading. Just started it.
Basically refined carbs like white bread or pasta or rice is a bit like eating pure sugar. Long term high insulin levels are the cause of heart disease and diabetes.
We need to move to a low carb diet, higher protein and much higher healthy full fats. Fruit and fructose are also not so good for us.
It's tough to get the head around it all, but the demonisation of fats since the 70's has meant we all eat a much higher carb diet and so the metabolic illnesses have exploded.
What has eating a low carb diet done for you? I assume you are doing it. Otherwise why mention it? Someome telling me not to eat rice or pasta because I will get diabetes. Please don’t think I’m being rude but that’s really primitive stuff. It’s so basic I thought you were trolling initially.
I have added this info because it is useful stuff and the guy has gone to great lengths to research his info. Look at his videos to see what he is saying fully. His book is a big one and i have just started. Whether i can make the switch over is another matter. I certainly intend on lowering carbs to some extent and have already reduced sugar a little.
Longer term i am not sure what will happen. I have recently had a heart scan this year and i have a small narrowing in my right artery. So i have calcification and it is a bit worrying. I am someone who maintains a set weight from age 20 and am now 47. I have never dieted in my life and eaten what i want when i want it. My sugar intake has probably been high as cakes and sweets are my only vice. I exercise a lot, so it was a surprise to get this result. I have been recommended i take a statin for the rest of my days but i have refused.
So i have something going on and hence i have looked into what Ivor has been saying on Utube.
Seriously people try not to repress alternative info it is not healthy. Ray Peat does not have all the answers and is not a god.
I have never dieted in my life and eaten what i want when i want it. My sugar intake has probably been high as cakes and sweets are my only vice. I exercise a lot, so it was a surprise to get this result. I have been recommended i take a statin for the rest of my days but i have refused.
Cakes and sweets =/= sugar, and is probably why most people think sugar is unhealthy.
Taking cakes as example: are usually processed foods high in fats and PUFA's and likely many other toxic additives that aren't even "Food" like high fructose corn syrup, food coloring, carrageenan gum, and more.
Usually, the foods that are problematic that people think of as "sweets" are other things too like donuts, pastries, cookies, fast food milkshakes, and most ice creams you buy in restaurants. None of these are Peat approved sugars. All of them are high PUFA/fats and other processed ingredients.
excess processed "Desserts" - cakes, milkshakes, pastries, donuts, cookies etc absolutely will cause diabetes I don't think anyone here, or Peat, would deny this, but it's because of the fats/pufa's and processed ingredients, not the carbs/sugar.
You made the right choice refusing statins. Those things are evil.
Thanks for the clarification because i am very confused on what is sugar. So Peat is saying all these sweet things we eat are actually bad for us then ? I have been battling with what peat has been saying and what Ivor Cummins is saying, but really the two are saying very similar things (i think).
Could you tell me then what is good sugar to eat in terms of food. What are chocolate bars like ? Are these rubbish as well ?