gday friends

in the media this week there has been coverage on the theory that low carb eating causes low memory function. what a load of fruit and nuts [aka rubbish]. let it be known that there is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. there are both essential fats and also essential fatty acids [proteins] but not carbohydrates. the eskimos live perfectly well 6 months of the year on a zero carb diet - living on whale blubber consisting of protein and fat.

here is the problem... in all their 'wisdom' most dieticians and nutritionists think thast because the brain needs a certain amount of glucuse to function, then this correlates to a certain amount of carbs. i can understand their rationalle - after all thats what i was taught too at UNI by the "carb pushers" but it is simply not true... and here is why.

thanks to our evolutionery biology there is an amazing process in the body known as gluconeogenesis - gluco what the what you might be saying. well this is where the body effectively takes other substrates [proteins and fats] and turns the into glucose for energy to fuel the body and the brain. you see you dont need to eat sugar to get sugar. the hunter gatherer style eating plan works well like this and aviods the sugar and insulin spikes that high carb eating causes.

if we are to make inroads on obesity and diabetes then we must appreciate the roll of gluconeogenesis in the body. if not people will continue to flood their body with carbs and sugars because they are told that is the healthy way. WRONG!!! we have all been sold a bill of goods that is wrong when it comes to RDI of carbs.

more on this to come shortly - i am pasionate about this because

geoff jowett