Glycemic Index >>> Fatty Liver

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

I am beginning to think the 'high glycemic index foods cause fatty

liver disease' hypothesis makes absolutely no sense. Anyone have an

alternative suggestion?

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7006191.stm

" A diet rich in potatoes, white bread and white rice may be

contributing to a 'silent epidemic' of a dangerous liver condition. "

and:

" High GI foods:

Mashed potato

White bread

Chips

Some breakfast cereals ...

Steamed white rice "

If there is an epidemic, now, of fatty liver disease, why is it

happening now and why has it not been happening since, pretty much,

the beginning of civilization?

My understanding is that the transition from nomadic lifestyles to

living in urban centers occurred about 10,000 years ago in what is

now Iraq, and was based on the growing of wheat and the production of

bread, a system which finally was able to provide enough calories to

comfortably sustain a large, local, non-nomadic population. How come

we have not been suffering from fatty liver disease ever since?

The irish for centuries relied on the potato for a huge proportion of

their caloric intake, until the potato famine of 1846 (?) wiped out a

sizeable proportion of the population. So why are we not informed

that the irish for centuries have been afflicted with fatty liver

disease?

And the chinese have been eating lots of white rice for millennia.

Have they all been suffering an early demise from fatty liver

disease? If so how come we don't know about it?

There may be answers to all these questions. If so, then I will need

to hear what they are, before I can take this research seriously.

IMO

Rodney.