I Thought Low Carb Was a Fad

Nutrition
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[quote]jsbrook wrote:
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Why do you assume it was the inclusion of grains rather than a LACK of key things they were getting from the hunter-gatherer diet that caused the problems? The Inuit and Aborgines don’t so much eat whole grains and fruit now as Doritos and Little Debbies. It’s not a fair comparison.[/quote]

Interesting point on the quality of the grain products consumed.

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
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Why do you assume it was the inclusion of grains rather than a LACK of key things they were getting from the hunter-gatherer diet that caused the problems? The Inuit and Aborgines don’t so much eat whole grains and fruit now as Doritos and Little Debbies. It’s not a fair comparison.

Interesting point on the quality of the grain products consumed.[/quote]

LOL…

“Son, we have lived on this land for a thousand generations. We hunt the burgerpattylopes, and there the women folk harvest the dorito buds and drink of the high fructose corn syrup flowing from the…corn trees. All this will be yours one day.”

To summarize (i feel like i’ve done this before):

Whole grains: GOOD
Bleached “enriched” flour BAD
Fruits and vegetables: GOOD
Corn syrup: BAD

It’s not that WE (T-Nation folk) don’t know that - but the WORLD out there doesn’t GET IT.

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[quote]LightsOutLuthor wrote:
Whole grains: GOOD
Bleached “enriched” flour BAD
Fruits and vegetables: GOOD
Corn syrup: BAD
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Food in its natural state: GOOD
Food tampered by humans: BAD

Sure…there’s exceptions, but that’s generally the rule.

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
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Why do you assume it was the inclusion of grains rather than a LACK of key things they were getting from the hunter-gatherer diet that caused the problems? The Inuit and Aborgines don’t so much eat whole grains and fruit now as Doritos and Little Debbies. It’s not a fair comparison.

Interesting point on the quality of the grain products consumed.[/quote]

Yeah. A lot of reservation Native Americans eat as bad or worse as any American. It’s a big problem. There’s been a lot of studies on its effect and comparisons between them and off-reservation Native Americans [who, by the way, tend to eat decent amounts of unprocessed, natural carbs and are quite healthy]. They’ve looked at insulin sensitivty, diabetes rates, lifestyle diseases and things of that nature.

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[quote]orion wrote:

And yet rickets is rare in pre-agricultural societies…

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Didn’t know know they performed studies on rickets in pre-agricultural societies.