Comments on: Where Has All the Low Carb Food Gone? http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/03/where-has-all-the-low-carb-food-gone.html Get Involved + Get Active + Eat Well + Sleep Well = The Good Life Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:25:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cmj http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/03/where-has-all-the-low-carb-food-gone.html/comment-page-1#comment-7615 cmj Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:32:56 +0000 http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/03/where-has-all-the-low-carb-food-gone.html#comment-7615 you can still find high fiber pastas pretty easily. great post! you can still find high fiber pastas pretty easily.

great post!

]]> By: Jamie http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/03/where-has-all-the-low-carb-food-gone.html/comment-page-1#comment-7376 Jamie Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:57:16 +0000 http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/03/where-has-all-the-low-carb-food-gone.html#comment-7376 Thanks for the comment Dean! You're right - the main problem with sugars is that they cause an insulin response and as a result trigger fat storage and other health related issues. The goal of any healthy diet, then, should be to keep insulin in check. Avoiding high fructose syrups or other simple sugars is definitely a step in the right direction. However, processed grains (minute rice or white bread for example) also cause insulin spikes. In fact, most grains will cause some sort of insulin response. This is why some diabetics have problems with pasta. Thanks for the comment Dean! You’re right – the main problem with sugars is that they cause an insulin response and as a result trigger fat storage and other health related issues. The goal of any healthy diet, then, should be to keep insulin in check. Avoiding high fructose syrups or other simple sugars is definitely a step in the right direction. However, processed grains (minute rice or white bread for example) also cause insulin spikes. In fact, most grains will cause some sort of insulin response. This is why some diabetics have problems with pasta.

]]> By: Dean J http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/03/where-has-all-the-low-carb-food-gone.html/comment-page-1#comment-7374 Dean J Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:40:14 +0000 http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/03/where-has-all-the-low-carb-food-gone.html#comment-7374 The research doesn't seem to support all carbs being bad, except for morbidly obese folks trying to lose weight quickly. It seems to say, from what my uneducated eyes have seen, that simple sugars aren't so hot for us. Foods that break down quickly and provide an energy rush spike our insulin levels, cause us to store that energy as fat, and cause a host of other health problems. High fructose corn syrup is the devil, but it has a legion of things right behind it... The research doesn’t seem to support all carbs being bad, except for morbidly obese folks trying to lose weight quickly. It seems to say, from what my uneducated eyes have seen, that simple sugars aren’t so hot for us. Foods that break down quickly and provide an energy rush spike our insulin levels, cause us to store that energy as fat, and cause a host of other health problems. High fructose corn syrup is the devil, but it has a legion of things right behind it…

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