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Natalie Zimmerman of McCarbthyism:
"A channel devoted to promoting a scientific understanding of carbohydrates and their essential role in the human diet. We don't practice McCarbthyism, the irrational fear mongering that views our natural desire to eat carbohydrates as the primary reason for the epidemic of obesity and type-2 diabetes presently spreading worldwide. McCarbthyism is our name for the cult of carbohydrate paranoia infecting the nutrition community like a plague, not because of the evidence—for there is none—but because it creates such an easy target and tells such a good story. The real story of carbohydrates, however, is much more interesting when you follow the evidence. Explore our site and follow our blog to learn about starch and how it became a dirty word and how pottery played in the mind's big bang."
McCarbthyism
Not a vegan by the way, she likes lean animal protein.
Natalie destroys paleo: The Paleo Ploy
Her video on the Randle cycle: GlucoseFattyAcidCycleandInsulinResistance.mov
Natalie combines art and science, like Peat:
"Natalie Zimmerman is a self-taught artist who lives in Austin, Texas and specializes in scratchboard art. Her love of art is contiguous with her devotion to science. Natalie disagrees with the popular narrative that views science and art as stemming from different areas of the brain. She sees in each discipline the same basic characteristics, attention to detail, independence and freedom of thought and a deep understanding of the medium of expression. Her influences range from Caravaggio to Charles Darwin, from Leonardo da Vinci to Frans De Waal. She is interested in evolutionary themes and in exploring the relationship humans have with the environment, with other species, and with each other.
Her background in the biological sciences, specifically her work in microbiology for which she holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her graduate studies in immunology have given her a love for detail that marries well with the medium of scratchboard. Natalie sees science as a very powerful tool of exploration because it forces us to question our most basic assumptions and art as the ultimate expression of our conscience that forces us to look beyond our everyday experiences.
Natalie Zimmerman is an active member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists."
Scratchboard Art by Natalie Zimmerman
Smart-Fuel-Pyramid
"Glycogen
For all the talk of energy, appetite, satiety, and weight management, it is remarkable that so little attention is given to glycogen. Glycogen is your body's store of carbohydrate; glucose molecules clustered together like bunches of grapes, waiting to be plucked for energy whenever the need arises. Glycogen is stored in primarily in muscles, liver, and brain. Most of what the muscles do with glucose from blood is to make glycogen. The muscles utilize both fat and glucose for fuel. The more intense the movement, the more glycogen is called upon as a source of glucose molecules for energy. Muscles fueled with glycogen are ready to perform at their peak. When muscles are depleted of glycogen we hit the wall and must rely on fat for energy. Glycogen in the liver has a different but equally important purpose, to supply blood with glucose when dietary carbohydrates are absent or in short supply. But when glycogen is depleted, blood glucose must be made from scratch. Since you cannot convert stored fat to glucose, amino acids from muscle are sacrificed to make blood sugar. Thus, glycogen spares protein for its more important tasks. The brain, a glucose glutton, carries its own supply of glycogen in cells called astrocytes. In total, we carry less than days worth of energy in the form of glycogen, a fact that makes storing glycogen, a major consideration in satiety. Eat in a way to store glycogen efficiently, without having to force in an excess of kcals and healthy weight is within your reach without resorting to diet. And that leads us to the Smart Fuel Pyramid.
An Unhealthy Assumption
Glycemic index saturation has left a lingering assumption that is as damaging as it is misleading. We assume that when we burn glucose for energy, we do it directly from the blood stream as if cells that need energy pull glucose from the blood and burn it directly. That is simply not true. And this untruth is what completely undermines glycemic index as an important determinant of carbohydrate value. Suppose you are running a race along the banks of a river, a marathon, and periodically you need water. Would it make sense to kneel down at the bank of the river every time you needed a drink and then get back up again to continue the race Wouldn't it be more efficient to carry a bottle of water with you, a small one that could supply you with water as you were running? Then you could fill the bottle when it gets low, which wouldn't be nearly as often. Once you filled the bottle, you would be good to go for a long time without visiting the stream.
Smart-Fuel-Pyramid
One of the consequences of insulin resistance, the precursor to type-2 diabetes, is failure to store muscle glycogen efficiently. The result is a continuous craving for sugar leading to the erroneous notion that sugar is addictive and anything that raises insulin makes us fat. The simple truth is that when we lack sufficient boiled starch, we force the body to burn more free fatty acids for energy and hinder the muscles from responding to insulin. This fact is most evident in the discovery of the glucose-fatty acid cycle that demonstrates a suppression of glucose utilization in the presence of free fatty acids. The most efficient way to store glycogen without breaking the bank on calories is to follow the Smart Fuel Pyramid, the only guide that separates boiled starches as a distinct food group. By eating from the bottom up, starting with entrees made from a combination of boiled starches and lean proteins, efficient glycogen storage is guaranteed because muscles become more responsive to insulin.
The list of potential entrees is extensive and varied including anything from steak and mashed potatoes to vegan staples like tofu, rice, and beans. Creating snacks and side dishes from the fruit and vegetable groups, expands the choices of healthy carbohydrates, along with added fiber and micronutrients. Sugars and baked starches complete the carbohydrate picture, but should be used in dessert proportions as desserts themselves or to flavor an entre or side dish. The same is true of fat-rich foods. We need healthy fats, nuts, oils, and even some dairy fats, depending on your preference. But they are high in calories and like sugars and baked starches, should be used in dessert portions or as flavorings. The energy-dense foods at the top of the pyramid are not bad foods. Nuts for example are an excellent source of essential fatty acids and supply valuable protein, along with other micronutrients. They are simply rich in calories and should be eaten with that in mind. Following The Smart Fuel Pyramid is the most efficient way to store energy as glycogen. That means you'll be satisfied without on reasonable portions of healthy foods, greatly increasing your chances at achieving a healthy weight without resorting to demoralizing diets.
Once you understand the science and simple logic underlying boiled starch as an essential nutrient, it becomes necessary to reevaluate our present guidelines to see if they reflect this new reality. The quick answer to this query is a resounding no. Our present guidelines are inadequate because they ignore this critical food group. Let's take a look."
"A channel devoted to promoting a scientific understanding of carbohydrates and their essential role in the human diet. We don't practice McCarbthyism, the irrational fear mongering that views our natural desire to eat carbohydrates as the primary reason for the epidemic of obesity and type-2 diabetes presently spreading worldwide. McCarbthyism is our name for the cult of carbohydrate paranoia infecting the nutrition community like a plague, not because of the evidence—for there is none—but because it creates such an easy target and tells such a good story. The real story of carbohydrates, however, is much more interesting when you follow the evidence. Explore our site and follow our blog to learn about starch and how it became a dirty word and how pottery played in the mind's big bang."
McCarbthyism
Not a vegan by the way, she likes lean animal protein.
Natalie destroys paleo: The Paleo Ploy
Her video on the Randle cycle: GlucoseFattyAcidCycleandInsulinResistance.mov
Natalie combines art and science, like Peat:
"Natalie Zimmerman is a self-taught artist who lives in Austin, Texas and specializes in scratchboard art. Her love of art is contiguous with her devotion to science. Natalie disagrees with the popular narrative that views science and art as stemming from different areas of the brain. She sees in each discipline the same basic characteristics, attention to detail, independence and freedom of thought and a deep understanding of the medium of expression. Her influences range from Caravaggio to Charles Darwin, from Leonardo da Vinci to Frans De Waal. She is interested in evolutionary themes and in exploring the relationship humans have with the environment, with other species, and with each other.
Her background in the biological sciences, specifically her work in microbiology for which she holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her graduate studies in immunology have given her a love for detail that marries well with the medium of scratchboard. Natalie sees science as a very powerful tool of exploration because it forces us to question our most basic assumptions and art as the ultimate expression of our conscience that forces us to look beyond our everyday experiences.
Natalie Zimmerman is an active member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists."
Scratchboard Art by Natalie Zimmerman
Smart-Fuel-Pyramid
"Glycogen
For all the talk of energy, appetite, satiety, and weight management, it is remarkable that so little attention is given to glycogen. Glycogen is your body's store of carbohydrate; glucose molecules clustered together like bunches of grapes, waiting to be plucked for energy whenever the need arises. Glycogen is stored in primarily in muscles, liver, and brain. Most of what the muscles do with glucose from blood is to make glycogen. The muscles utilize both fat and glucose for fuel. The more intense the movement, the more glycogen is called upon as a source of glucose molecules for energy. Muscles fueled with glycogen are ready to perform at their peak. When muscles are depleted of glycogen we hit the wall and must rely on fat for energy. Glycogen in the liver has a different but equally important purpose, to supply blood with glucose when dietary carbohydrates are absent or in short supply. But when glycogen is depleted, blood glucose must be made from scratch. Since you cannot convert stored fat to glucose, amino acids from muscle are sacrificed to make blood sugar. Thus, glycogen spares protein for its more important tasks. The brain, a glucose glutton, carries its own supply of glycogen in cells called astrocytes. In total, we carry less than days worth of energy in the form of glycogen, a fact that makes storing glycogen, a major consideration in satiety. Eat in a way to store glycogen efficiently, without having to force in an excess of kcals and healthy weight is within your reach without resorting to diet. And that leads us to the Smart Fuel Pyramid.
An Unhealthy Assumption
Glycemic index saturation has left a lingering assumption that is as damaging as it is misleading. We assume that when we burn glucose for energy, we do it directly from the blood stream as if cells that need energy pull glucose from the blood and burn it directly. That is simply not true. And this untruth is what completely undermines glycemic index as an important determinant of carbohydrate value. Suppose you are running a race along the banks of a river, a marathon, and periodically you need water. Would it make sense to kneel down at the bank of the river every time you needed a drink and then get back up again to continue the race Wouldn't it be more efficient to carry a bottle of water with you, a small one that could supply you with water as you were running? Then you could fill the bottle when it gets low, which wouldn't be nearly as often. Once you filled the bottle, you would be good to go for a long time without visiting the stream.
Smart-Fuel-Pyramid
One of the consequences of insulin resistance, the precursor to type-2 diabetes, is failure to store muscle glycogen efficiently. The result is a continuous craving for sugar leading to the erroneous notion that sugar is addictive and anything that raises insulin makes us fat. The simple truth is that when we lack sufficient boiled starch, we force the body to burn more free fatty acids for energy and hinder the muscles from responding to insulin. This fact is most evident in the discovery of the glucose-fatty acid cycle that demonstrates a suppression of glucose utilization in the presence of free fatty acids. The most efficient way to store glycogen without breaking the bank on calories is to follow the Smart Fuel Pyramid, the only guide that separates boiled starches as a distinct food group. By eating from the bottom up, starting with entrees made from a combination of boiled starches and lean proteins, efficient glycogen storage is guaranteed because muscles become more responsive to insulin.
The list of potential entrees is extensive and varied including anything from steak and mashed potatoes to vegan staples like tofu, rice, and beans. Creating snacks and side dishes from the fruit and vegetable groups, expands the choices of healthy carbohydrates, along with added fiber and micronutrients. Sugars and baked starches complete the carbohydrate picture, but should be used in dessert proportions as desserts themselves or to flavor an entre or side dish. The same is true of fat-rich foods. We need healthy fats, nuts, oils, and even some dairy fats, depending on your preference. But they are high in calories and like sugars and baked starches, should be used in dessert portions or as flavorings. The energy-dense foods at the top of the pyramid are not bad foods. Nuts for example are an excellent source of essential fatty acids and supply valuable protein, along with other micronutrients. They are simply rich in calories and should be eaten with that in mind. Following The Smart Fuel Pyramid is the most efficient way to store energy as glycogen. That means you'll be satisfied without on reasonable portions of healthy foods, greatly increasing your chances at achieving a healthy weight without resorting to demoralizing diets.
Once you understand the science and simple logic underlying boiled starch as an essential nutrient, it becomes necessary to reevaluate our present guidelines to see if they reflect this new reality. The quick answer to this query is a resounding no. Our present guidelines are inadequate because they ignore this critical food group. Let's take a look."
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