Re: Nutrition 101 and carb- insulin resistance

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In a message dated 1/9/04 10:14:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,

knappschiles@... writes:

> On a related topic, the carb - insulin resistance issue. It was briefly

> mentioned and I think this is key -- it isn't JUST high carbs that cause

> the problem. It's that it's high carbs WITH low fat. Atkins talks about

> this and Price does too. Prices people had fat % much higher than the

> carb %

I don't recall Price talking about carbs or fat. Can you reference the pages

where he talks about macronutrients? I don't remember him considering them

of any importance. I don't have NAPD, but my school library just got it, so

I'd like to look it up if you have it handy.

Chris

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I would like to add my 2 cents here about a couple of books I think are

helpful.

" Dr Atkins' HEALTH revolution " . I capitalized health to distinguish it

from his diet book. It's about 15 years old, but still has a lot of good

nutrition info. The first part goes into WHY we have the type of health

system we have today and what drives it ---- MONEY. He explains how he

changed his own outlook on medicine to become what he called a

" complementary " Dr. Now we would probably call it a naturopath. He

believed you should use the least invasive/harmful regime first, and if

that didn't work then proceed to the next. His take on why regular Drs.

thought " natural " stuff didn't work was because they usually tried it

last, (instead of first) after the body was radiated, chemoed and so

poisoned that there was nothing left to work with.

A newer book of his is " Dr Atkins' Vita- Nutrient Solution " . It has more

up to date info on the latest nutrition and supplements, but is a much

harder read than the first book. I don't think it's organized very well.

On a related topic, the carb - insulin resistance issue. It was briefly

mentioned and I think this is key -- it isn't JUST high carbs that cause

the problem. It's that it's high carbs WITH low fat. Atkins talks about

this and Price does too. Prices people had fat % much higher than the

carb %. Today's SAD diet stresses LOW fat. Without the fat, the carbs

wreak all kinds of havoc in the body.

Carol K

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<<I don't recall Price talking about carbs or fat. Can you reference the pages

where he talks about macronutrients? I don't remember him considering them of

any importance. I don't have NAPD, but my school library just got it, so I'd

like to look it up if you have it handy.

~~~ you can read the whole of NAPD on line at

--http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0203cat/020314price/020314toc.html ?!

Dedy