Re:A theory on how insulin resistance, metabolic disease begin
by pixl97 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @02:36PM
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They are probably wrong about the fat causing problems...
That said, if they are eating raw, whole, fruits with most of their fiber intact (and from the look of their site, they are) they are reducing the glycemic index of the foods they eat.
Many processed foods are bad, not simply because they are processed, but that a massive amount of the fiber in the original food is removed. Fiber is a glycemic moderator, foods with high fibers have lower glycemic indexes. For example if you juice an orange, you've pretty much made kool-aid, it's junk food now. If you instead try to eat as many oranges in a glass of orange juice you would feel full before you finished and consumed a lower amount of calories because of that.
That said, if they are eating raw, whole, fruits with most of their fiber intact (and from the look of their site, they are) they are reducing the glycemic index of the foods they eat.
Many processed foods are bad, not simply because they are processed, but that a massive amount of the fiber in the original food is removed. Fiber is a glycemic moderator, foods with high fibers have lower glycemic indexes. For example if you juice an orange, you've pretty much made kool-aid, it's junk food now. If you instead try to eat as many oranges in a glass of orange juice you would feel full before you finished and consumed a lower amount of calories because of that.