#10 of 10 Common Nutrition Misconceptions

When it comes to nutritional advice, everyone has an opinion. The problem is that there are so many varying opinions that it is many times very hard to find the truth. Some misguided notions are harmless, but others can be dangerous and can lead to health problems. Many nutrition myths get repeated over and over until they are mistaken for the truth. The good news is that slowly, the real truth is finally emerging. Truthful, accurate information is your number one weapon in taking control of your health. Nutritional advice from mainstream “experts” may not be based on science, but on outdated misinformation.

This is a 10 part series, attempting to separate the truth from misconceptions:

Misconception #10: Carbs Should Be Your Biggest Source of Calories - Insulin resistance is a key factor that contributes to chronic disease. A diet high in carbohydrates, particularly processed grains and sugar, leads directly to insulin and leptin resistance. When your highest percentage of calories comes from healthful fats, these problems just don’t exist. Most high-carb diets are high in sugar and starch, not vegetables. When the low-fat craze swept over America, the high-carb craze was the consequence.

When fat was removed from foods, something had to be added back in to make foods more palatable and that something was sugar. Particularly, highly fructose corn syrup, which is cheaper than sugar. The problem is that high fructose corn syrup produces even more metabolic problems in the human body than sugar does.

With fat being demonized for decades, sugar, refined carbohydrates and high fructose corn syrup were completely ignored. This occurred, even though they were the real culprits behind inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, diabetes, and heart disease. Even in the early 1980s, when I attended New York Chiropractic College, we were taught, as it was believed, that you can’t get diabetes from eating too much sugar!

A high-carb diet disrupts your insulin and leptin signaling and over time can result in type 2 diabetes. By contrast, a diet higher in beneficial fats, corrects these metabolic issues. Recent research has demonstrated that the ketogenic diet, a diet that has carbohydrate restriction and substantial healthful fats, extended the lifespan of mice by 20%. It is thought the reason for this is that the diet optimized their insulin sensitivity and their metabolism. There is evidence that low carbohydrate diets, combined with appropriate amounts of protein, can even slow down Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

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