Hello all,
Over the years, going back to Robert Atkins, I have tried low-carb diets and had some success taking weight off, albeit not permanently.
This is mostly due to: good Italian bread, croissants, pasta with cream sauce, etc... you doubtless get the idea. Oh, and desserts are part of it.. especially ice cream and Lindts chocolates.
I have just finished reading Robert Lustig's new book "Metabolical" and fully get what he is saying the science keeps converging on: processed food with added sugar is a large part of our weight and health problems.
It seems clear that there are orders of magnitude between eating some non-refined carbs and eating sugar. Yes, the former, especially if taken in large quantities, can be turned into fat via the complex mechanisms involving blood sugar, insulin, etc.
I am wondering if anyone has tried to walk a line like this: essentially cut out all sugar, but still allow very small amounts of bread or pasta (or rice) with otherwise healthy meals (lots of fish)..?
How big a factor is just the sugar, for both weight and health?
All comments welcome!
Over the years, going back to Robert Atkins, I have tried low-carb diets and had some success taking weight off, albeit not permanently.
This is mostly due to: good Italian bread, croissants, pasta with cream sauce, etc... you doubtless get the idea. Oh, and desserts are part of it.. especially ice cream and Lindts chocolates.
I have just finished reading Robert Lustig's new book "Metabolical" and fully get what he is saying the science keeps converging on: processed food with added sugar is a large part of our weight and health problems.
It seems clear that there are orders of magnitude between eating some non-refined carbs and eating sugar. Yes, the former, especially if taken in large quantities, can be turned into fat via the complex mechanisms involving blood sugar, insulin, etc.
I am wondering if anyone has tried to walk a line like this: essentially cut out all sugar, but still allow very small amounts of bread or pasta (or rice) with otherwise healthy meals (lots of fish)..?
How big a factor is just the sugar, for both weight and health?
All comments welcome!