Tear Down The High Carb Wall

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Since 1980 in the US., the official high carbohydrate diet is associated with record levels of chronic disease. When these guidelines come up for review in 2015 - they should be torn down - just as the Berlin Wall came down in 1989!

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Tear Down This High Carb Wall!: 

Tear Down This High Carb Wall!

low fat = a swamped canoe…: 

low fat = a swamped canoe…

Lifetime risk of diabetes: 1 in 3: 

Lifetime risk of diabetes: 1 in 3

U.S. 37th In Life Expectancy: 

U.S. 37 th In Life Expectancy 75 million are diabetic or pre-diabetic Heart Failure has doubled since Statin drugs were approved in 1987

WW II accelerated change – already underway: 

WW II accelerated change – already underway Creamery workers went to war – replacements made tainted milk. Margarine ( imitation butter ) came into widespread use. Small farms, creameries , and trains disappeared .

Butter Consumption steadily declined : 

Butter Consumption steadily declined 1910: 18-20 lbs ------------------- 2000: <4 lbs

farmland disappeared in the 1950s…: 

farmland disappeared in the 1950s…

Crisco won the marketing battle against lard - trans-fat and all! : 

Crisco won the marketing battle against lard - trans-fat and all! By 2000, soybean oil and hydrogenated soybean oil had 70 percent of the market.

Highly processed grains became the norm: 

Highly processed grains became the norm 1880 to 1930

Heart Night at Copacabana : 

Heart Night at Copacabana 1949 - AHA began fingering America’s traditional foods as the cause of heart disease

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Relentless promoter of the low fat diet AHA board member – “father of the low fat diet”

1953: Key’s Six Country Analysis Selecting 6 of 21 countries: 

1953: Key’s Six Country Analysis Selecting 6 of 21 countries

Associations Keys ignored:: 

Associations Keys ignored: Fewer calories Much less sugar and refined foods Suffered more deadly strokes than we did….

Changes in the Japanese diet after the war:: 

Changes in the Japanese diet after the war: 1958 1999 Carb % 84 62 Protein 11 18 Fat 5 20 Calories 2,837 2,202

Strokes: #1 killer in Japan : 

Strokes: #1 killer in Japan

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Association is not the same as… cause and effect

1961: American Heart Association adopts Keys’ low fat diet : 

1961: American Heart Association adopts Keys’ low fat diet Emphasize carbohydrates Replace saturated fat with poly fat

Mazola and Fleischmann’s: 

Mazola and Fleischmann’s 1 961: Mazola Corn Oil and Fleischmann’s paid for a saturated fat risk handbook distributed free to all U.S. physicians by the AHA.

AHA board member Jeremiah Stamler’s book on heart disease was funded by vegetable oil lobbyists!: 

AHA board member Jeremiah Stamler’s book on heart disease was funded by vegetable oil lobbyists!

1970s: “Saturated Fat is the Greasy Killer”: 

1970s: “Saturated Fat is the Greasy Killer ” Michael Jacobson’s Center for Science in the Public Interest Dr. Stamler is a board member

Foods of Mass Destruction were well established by the 1970s: 

Foods of Mass Destruction were well established by the 1970s

Dr. Oz! – saturated fat is dangerous!: 

Dr. Oz ! – saturated fat is dangerous!

1980-2010: “Low Fat” Dietary Guidelines for Americans: 

1980-2010 : “Low Fat” Dietary Guidelines for Americans

National Cholesterol Education Program 1985 to the present: 

National Cholesterol Education Program 1985 to the present

Decades of confusion… : 

Decades of confusion…

Has low fat failed the test of time? 300 million people - 25 percent diabetic or pre-diabetic - listening to the experts – fearing healthy saturated fat – afraid of cholesterol – and faced with trillions in disease management costs ….

Yes, says Gary Taubes, “It was a big fat lie!”: 

Yes, says Gary Taubes, “ It was a big fat lie !”

Dr. Andrew Weil on Taubes’ Good Calories, Bad Calories: 

Dr. Andrew Weil on Taubes’ Good Calories, Bad Calories “I think this is a very important book. I have been recommending it to my medical colleagues and students….”

“Yes,” says Dr. Eric Westman, Duke University, “Atkins was right”: 

“Yes,” says Dr. Eric Westman, Duke University, “Atkins was right” “My understanding of how things are shifting : We should be talking about blood sugar and insulin…”

Carbohydrates are the problem: 

Carbohydrates are the problem zero biological requirement raise blood sugar - fat does not

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Since 1980: 400+ daily Calories Sugar, HFCS, White Bread , bagels , Donuts, muffins , pasta, Extruded dry boxed cereal, Soft drinks, skim milk, smoothies, & fruit juices

SUGAR: Damaging Calorie: 

SUGAR: Damaging Calorie White sugar (sucrose) = 50 percent glucose; 50 percent fructose High Fructose Corn Syrup = 55 percent fructose; 45 percent glucose.

Fatty Liver Traffic Jam: 

Glucose goes into the blood and raises blood sugar Fructose goes to the liver and is turned into body-made-fat: Triglycerides Fatty Liver Traffic Jam

Triglycerides go up – protective HDL goes down: 

Triglycerides go up – protective HDL goes down

How long have we known this? Since 1955!: 

How long have we known this? Since 1955! John Gofman (Berkeley) reported that excess carbohydrates cause the liver to overproduce triglycerides (TG), which, in turn, reduces HDL. “The majority of people with heart disease have carbohydrate-induced lipemia!”

Is a calorie, a calorie, a calorie?: 

Is a calorie, a calorie, a calorie? No - There are major metabolic differences in their effects!

Conclusion: 

Conclusion Emphasize fat , you will burn fat and improve your lipid profile. Emphasize carbs , you will make, store and lockup fat and set the stage for diet-related heart disease.

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Reflect the quality of the calories – not the quantity. And the percentage of refined, easily-digested carbohydrates in the diet. Diabetes and Heart Disease

“Cholesterol in food has no affect on cholesterol in the blood and we’ve known that all along….” : 

“Cholesterol in food has no affect on cholesterol in the blood and we’ve known that all along….” Dr. Ancel Keys, in retirement, 1997

Meeting One/Day 2/2010 DGAC: 

Meeting One/Day 2/2010 DGAC Dr. Eric Rimm: “I wanted to make a radical point, one for which I’ll probably get kicked off the stage, but the whole issue of total fat and the 20 to 35 percent of calories from fat is one that has troubled me...” Dr. Eric Rimm, Harvard University

The Shift Is Coming: 

The Shift Is Coming

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Back to High Fat

Mr. Secretary, “tear down this HIGH CARB Wall!: 

Mr. Secretary, “tear down this HIGH CARB Wall!