[Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

[Scott Knitter]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I just looked at the last section of the book my doctor had suggested--"Why We Get Fat ...and what to do about it"--and it has a diet outline and a list of must-eat foods and never-eat foods.
> It's the "no sugar, "no starch" diet put of Duke University.  Reading it made me feel more hopeful, and it explains how to read nutrition labels in light of this particular diet. Also, cheese and cream are permitted, though the former has no particular appeal. It says no flavored yogurt, but doesn't mention plain, so I'll have to find out about that.
> Anyway, it looks manageable at least.

I've read it, too. Gary Taubes is obviously on the "no sugar/starch"
side of the great diet debate; the other side persists in the
"calories in, calories out" approach, and so does the U.S. government
with its "Choose My Plate" ever-changing diagram (used to be a hill to
climb, and before that just a pyramid, I think).

I wish they'd all get in a room and fight it out and see whose
research wins. I have a feeling Taubes is right but have trouble
getting away from the idea of a "balanced" diet. Maybe that's the
problem: we've been balancing some of the wrong things.


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA