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We are getting fatter and sicker

How the experts got food and diet so wrong and what you can do to take back control of your health Read more ↓
4 Episodes 50m
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01
A Sports Physician's Own Low-Carb, High-Fat Experiment

Why a sports physician turned to nutrition, and what happened when he tested a low-carb, high-fat way of eating on himself after decades on a low-fat diet with a fatty liver and high insulin levels.

11:00
02
Modern Chronic Disease Epidemics and How Low-Fat Advice Went Wrong

The scale of today's epidemics of obesity, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver, dental and cardiovascular disease, and the speaker's case that the low-fat dietary guidelines introduced around 1980 helped cause them.

12:49
03
Insulin Resistance, Inflammation and the Hidden Sugar in Our Diet

How insulin resistance and chronic low-grade inflammation link to modern chronic disease, how much sugar hides in everyday drinks and foods, and how carbohydrate intake can be matched to a person's metabolic health.

10:25
04
The Evidence for Low-Carb Eating and Why to Just Eat Real Food

The research comparing low-carb and low-fat diets for weight loss and metabolic health, the case for reversing type 2 diabetes, possible roles in other conditions, and practical advice to just eat real food.

16:08

Learning points are:

  • We are getting fatter and sicker. Why?
  • Since the introduction of the low fat guidelines, we have become steadily fatter
  • Sugar is the main enemy - not fat
  • Processed food contains sugar, vegetable oils and grains - all arguably not conducive to good health
  • J.E.R.F. - Just Eat Real Food
  • The use of low carb diets has been very helpful for weight loss, reversal of Type 2 diabetes and the management of childhood epilepsy
  • There is increasing interest in the use of low carb diets in the management of a number of other chronic diseases

 

Learning objectives

> You should be able to discuss why we are getting fatter and sicker

> You should be able to debate the use of low carb diets in the management of chronic diseases

> You should be able to describe the global burden of disease related to food and nutrition

> You should be able to analyze why the world has gotten fatter and sicker

> You should be able to address obesity and sickness

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