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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:15 PM Original message |
Researchers make link between carbs and Type 2 diabetes |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Believe it or not, Mercola has said the same thing. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is old news though. The high carb diet causes obesity and insulin insensitivity. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. vegetables, fruits, & legumes are all primarily carb. the pyramid isn't a "carb pyramid". |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. good carbs and bad carbs |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Veggies and fruits are primarily non-digestible carbs - except the sugars. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. there is no "base" to the pyramid. & vegetables & fruits are not "primarily non-digestible carbs |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Look at the pyramid. Are you looking? All those breads at the base are starchy carbs. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. are you looking? 1) There's no base. 2) The recommended daily serving of "grains," |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. When the government recommended slashing |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. the "slash" was from 35-40% of calories as fat to 30%. In a 2000 cal diet, |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I think methylglyoacal (MG) and its role is the new info |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Many many many have made this connection... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Mercola sourced his claims from scientific studies. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Like I said, on THIS particular matter, Mercola went with the |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. duhhhh |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. The "stupid" is likely low blood sugar triggering the switch |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. DUH!! Ask any diabetic with type 2 what he/she has to eat less of |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Exactlly! As a recently diagnosed Type 2, I can attest to this! n/t |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Does it include whole grains or is it mostly refined carbs? nt |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Refined carbs are the big problem, but the overall carb count is important, too |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks for the good information |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. My weakness was pasta! ;) n/t |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. My wife aims to keep her blood/sugar under 200, 2hrs after each meal and that amount of |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The counts may be somewhat different for men and women |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. it depends first on the number of calories you're going to eat to maintain your weight. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. I thought that was already known? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Schwazbein Principle. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bad headline: it's not carbs so much as glucose, according to the article. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The body is an obligatory user of glucose. The researchers focus on methylglyoacal, a product |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Uh, carbs metabolize into glucose. (Speaking as a Type 2 myself) n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. They need a Nobel Science prize!! For 1929! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. The research isn't about carbs, it's about a metabolic product of carbohydrate & protein |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. and diabetes "experts" are still telling people to eat more carbs... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I'm a dietitian, MS Nutrition, RD, & I disagree with you. |
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