As the focus on reducing fatty food has increased in the U.S. the number of people suffering from obesity and diabetes has increased.
Several recent news stories – based on the latest research – suggests that low fat diets are the cause.
The latest article is in this week’s Time magazine cover story on Ending The War On Fat.
Food manufacturers – the article points out – have replaced fat with sugar and simple carb fillers that quickly turn into sugar in our bodies.
The sugar results in us craving more sugar.
“New research suggests that it’s the overconsumption of carbohydrates, sugar and sweeteners that is chiefly responsible for the epidemics of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Refined carbohydrates–like those in “wheat” bread, hidden sugar, low-fat crackers and pasta–cause changes in our blood chemistry that encourage the body to store the calories as fat and intensify hunger, making it that much more difficult to lose weight. “The argument against fat was totally and completely flawed,” says Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatrician at the University of California, San Francisco, and the president of the Institute for Responsible Nutrition. “We’ve traded one disease for another.”
