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I am a physician. Reading Good Calories Bad Calories was the the most important book I've read in my life. In fact I read it nine times. The sugar and refined carbohydrates, metabolic syndrome, insulin, obesity scenario was all spelled out there and as Cleves said caused the saccharine diseases. The anti low carbers always referred to the Kitavans, who eat high starch diets, as examples of how this didn't hold up. But what I got from The Case Against Sugar was that you really need sucrose namely fructose to initiate the metabolic syndrome. Once you have metabolic syndrome then you have become glucose intolerant and all refined carbs need to be avoided as they will raise insulin and promote further fat deposition. Societies like the Kitavans who eat very little sugar can eat a high percentage of carbohydrates and not get fat or chronic disease because they don't eat large quantities of sugar to initiate the metabolic syndrome. Have I got that right? permalinksaveparentEDITdisable inbox repliesdeleteREPL

I am a physician. Reading Good Calories Bad Calories was the the most important book I've read in my life. In fact I read it nine times. The sugar and refined carbohydrates, metabolic syndrome, insulin, obesity scenario was all spelled out there and as Cleves said caused the saccharine diseases. The anti low carbers always referred to the Kitavans, who eat high starch diets, as examples of how this didn't hold up. But what I got from The Case Against Sugar was that you really need sucrose namely fructose to initiate the metabolic syndrome. Once you have metabolic syndrome then you have become glucose intolerant and all refined carbs need to be avoided as they will raise insulin and promote further fat deposition. Societies like the Kitavans who eat very little sugar can eat a high percentage of carbohydrates and not get fat or chronic disease because they don't eat large quantities of sugar to initiate the metabolic syndrome. Have I got that right?