Rambling Diatribe on Sugars:

Mankind did not live on white bread while we were evolving or after we were created. We were not designed to live on bread, nor snack cakes, or whole grain bars, or cereals. Grain is a product that the Cave Man didn't eat. As a matter of fact, what do they feed a cow to fatten it up? Grain.

It wasn't till much later that man learned to take a seed from a type of grass and turn it into flour. Bread evolved from man's intelligence but it is not a food that should be a staple in our meals. Grains are a starch that turns to sugar in the blood stream. Sugar is not a product the body was designed to run on as a constant fuel.

My Ex-wife has been diabetic since she was 7 years old. In the 10 years I was married to her, I learned a lot about the effects of too much insulin on the body. It can destroy organs, weaken blood vessels, and it can add fat cells to the body. If you put sugar into your blood stream, the pancreas has to react and produce insulin to counter the extra sugar in your body. The idea here is to lower the body's use of the pancreas.

So, is this a "Low Carb" diet? Yes and no. The first three weeks are designed to cut the body's dependence on sugar. Did you know that you are probably addicted to sugar? Sugar is a very addictive product. The tobacco industry found out how addictive sugar is and added it to cigarettes. They knew that nicotine is addictive but they wanted it more addictive so they added a little sugar to the tobacco. This made cigarettes 10 times more addictive that nicotine alone.

Man is designed to handle some sugars in moderation. Apples have natural sugars in them and so do most fruits. That is why we were made with the pancreas in the first place, to handle these natural sugars. There are starches in corn and many other vegetables too, and these are things that primitive man ate too. So why are these acceptable? I look to the American Indian for that answer. Maze, or corn, was a staple of the American Indian diet. They lived long, health lives with this starch in their diet. However, look at the American Indian now. They have the highest rate of diabetes for any demographic in America. What was the diet of the American Indian before the Europeans came to this land? Meat, vegetables, fruit, water. They used the vegetable corn to make their bread from, not wheat.

African Americans have similar problems when it comes to diabetes as the American Indians. They have a much higher rate than White Americans for diabetes and diabetes ravages their bodies much worse than it does White Americans. The traditional diet of the African people did not include the high use of sugar either.

Did you know that the average American eats 142 pounds of sugar a year? That's over a third of a pound a day of sugar.

Sugar is billed as an almost healthy food in America. Sugar is "Fat Free". Put sugar between two slices of whole wheat bread and you have a sandwich that is very low in fat. Have you noticed how bigger people have gotten since they started pushing "Fat Free"? Those "Fat Free" but sugar-loaded devil's food cakes are not good for you. They even try to sell you sugar coated, fat free cereals as being healthy.

"I've lost weight on the low fat, high carb diet though”. Yes you have, but did you keep it off? I didn't. The reason is because of the addictive power of sugar keeps drawing you back in. Sugar is a quick burn food while protein is a slow and steady burn food. Like those energy drinks that give you a boost, when they burn out, you feel drained, that is what sugar does to you. How do you get over that drained feeling? Eat more sugary food. The cycle continues and you get fatter.

Using just fat as a food source isn't the best for your either. That is why this diet does not promote eating fatty foods. This is about eating smart. Meat give you protein that gives your muscles what they need to function. The vegetables give you nutrition. The fruit gives you a healthy boost, a sweet treat, and vitamins.