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2009 July 27 | 8 Comments »
By Matt
Normally I don’t really address diet and nutrition related stuff. It’s really outside my scope of interest, but rarely there comes a perfect storm of stupid and publicity that gets my attention and makes me want to rant a little.
This is one of those occasions. I came across this article posted on a forum I read, and man does it deserve a thrashin’.
The first thing you’ll notice is that it’s a departure from the standard low-carb craze that’s making the rounds. This is different, actually encouraging people to eat carbs. And really, that is a breath of fresh air what with Gary Taubes’ book making the rounds.
A lot of the low-carb nuts really have no understanding of basic thermodynamics, let alone the relevant physiology, which is why they adhere to their simplistic ideas about insulin (and thus CHO intake) being solely responsible for obesity. Yeah, no.
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