What is the exact amount of carbohydrate that, when consumed over a day, a week, a year, or a lifetime, could potentially bring about diabetes or Alzheimer’s? Would that amount be different for a librarian and an NHL player? How about a 5’2” Korean woman and a 6’4” pureblooded Cherokee man? The mere nature of those questions should show us how difficult it is to posit answers. Is a once-a-month ice cream bender in an otherwise lower-carb diet going to cause us to become insulin resistant? How about a post-workout whey protein & banana smoothie? Will a ketogenic diet prevent all illnesses related to blood glucose dysregulation? If so, is that true for every single human being? And if that’s so, would the ketogenic diet need to be followed for an entire lifetime? We just don’t know. No one can tell any of us the exact number of carbohydrate grams that each of us, as individuals, can consume with no adverse effects on long-term health. - Robb Wolf robbwolf/2013/10/16/carbohydrates-missing-forest-trees/
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:53:19 +0000
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