Well if we’re going to stop eating sugar, then we have to replace it with fat. WAIT, AREN’T WE TRYING TO LOSE FAT? WHY WOULD WE WANT TO EAT MORE OF IT!? is what you might ask. Well, what is fat? It is the most energy efficient substrate and it plays an important part in […]
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Fructose – “fruit sugar” This is what is causing a large portion of our metabolic disease in this current day. It’s especially prevalent in our food supply because of all the corn subsidies that make HFCS(high fructose corn syrup) particularly cheap. Thus, food companies use HFCS as their go to sweetener. And you best believe
Insulin is a signaling molecule produced by the pancreas. When the pancreas senses elevated glucose levels in the blood, insulin is released to direct the excess sugar into cells. Notably, if you told a type 1 diabetic(whom produces no insulin) to eat as much as they can, they would not put on weight because the
Sugar is everywhere in our food these days. Unless you’re consciously vigilant about it, you could easily consume upwards of 50g of sugar a day. The issue with this is that this chronic overloading of sugar is incredibly damaging to the body, leading to the development of the terrible diseases of the modern era: diabetes,
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