[bryony]

Interesting to note from the comments on that blog though that many of the people report that when going GF, they gained weight due to the GF foods they switched to being EVEN MORE heavily processed!

Yes, the problem is that people do want to keep eating the same stuff, so the people with a gluten problem shift to gluten free muffins, GF pizza bases, GF bread etc. All they are doing is taking out the wheat, but replacing it with rice, potatoes and tapioca etc... all high carb! What they also need is a lifestyle change.

(I would have thought the people on this board know quite a bit about lifestyle changes already! What's one more? )


Hi carb was great for the days when people weren't spending most of their days sitting down in front a keyboard, and when they walked to a public transport terminus instead of to the parking garage and then walking to their final destination instead of driving door to door.

It was also great for people that worked in the fields. But civilisation has taken away the need to eat so much energy - we need very little. Eating more than a very few carbs quickly increases blood glucose which spikes insulin, which winds up converting most of it to fat, which leaves you hungry shortly after, and you wind up overeating.

The shift from eating a meal consisting of meat, fat, green veg and a couple of potatoes to wheat-orientated food is the sole cause of today's obesity epidemic.


B.