Quote (OverDoSex @ 1 Apr 2019 00:41)

Don't even know who Taubes is. However, I suggest you do a little more research :)
(even without knowing the facts, a simple google search will, in itself, show how insulin and weight gain are tied together)

Edit: And I never said carbohydrates are evil, but over indulgence is. They are processed into sugars, which causes the pancreas to produce insulin. If insulin is processing sugar into the cells out of the bloodstream, the body will use those carbs and sugars before it uses fat. Any fat ingested while sugar is being utilized won't be needed, therefor it is stored as body fat. Insulin is the hormone which causes fat to be stored, because its priority is to regulate sugar out of the bloodstream (and be used/stored). If the cells can't metabolize or take any more sugar, then your blood sugar will rise because the cells will tell the insulin that it is full. The body releases more insulin to counteract this because it naturally wants to get sugar out of the blood, this can result in insulin resistance. Eventually, the body won't respond to insulin anymore, and your blood sugar will need to be regulated via an insulin shot (Type 2 diabetes). These facts aren't a secret, it's simply how the body works.

Edit#2: This is why most type 2 diabetics and pre-diabetics follow a low-carb low-sugar diet (and high fat), because it lowers their A1C, reduces bad triglycerides, and reverses insulin resistance. Not having an abundance of insulin and allowing the body to not focus on sugars, will cause your body to burn stored fat. It's a side effect of getting healthy. Having a few carbs occasionally will not hurt you. But certainly not 350-500 grams like our "american diet" suggests. Low carb high fat diets are prescribed to patients who have severe auto-immune diseases, even epilepsy, because it's been proven to heal those individuals better than any medicine ever could. We don't need to be medicated 24/7, you need to not slowly poison your body so that medication seems like the only answer.

I was skeptical just like you in the beginning, because I've been plastered with the SAD diet since it's conception around when processed foods started entering the picture. I decided to try it myself once my initial apprehension/shock faded, because I was overweight and had high blood pressure.. with a history in the family for type 2 diabetes.