starch (was Type II Diabetes & CRON)

[Guest guest]

Well I'm not so willing to throw out ALL starch. The Russett potato came

out very high on that new list of antioxidant foods. Sweet potatos are

pretty nutritious too and were eaten often to the biospherans. Walford

wondered if it was something in the SP's that kept the biospherans from

gettingosteoporosis (see the Walford file) - nothing he could prove of

course.

Also if one has a mood disorder, these foods help. And of course whole

grains are associated with longer life and better health. Could be that

different individuals may actually NEED some starch to function properly.

on 7/8/2004 7:41 AM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> Hi JR:

>

> I sure would like to see studies which show the effects, or their

> absence, of variations in macronutrient ratios. Are there any which

> have methodically varied the proportions to determine the effects?

> It seems to me that the advocates of the various types of diets -

> high fat, high carb, high protein - have never experimented with

> anything except their own recommended formula!

>

> Certainly, Spindler's recent mouse study persuaded me pretty

> decisively that **starch** has no benefits except for those on the

> point of starvation. ( would have reached Ten Ton Depot if he

> had had additional starch (or fat or protein), even without all the

> other nutrients he was drastically short of. Of course he still

> would probably not have survived). Also the Warsaw study I just

> posted seems to suggest starch is less than helpful.

>

> Rodney.