EatCarbs.com | Carbs from Hell, Carbs from Heaven

Three out of four Americans say there is too much conflicting information about diet. How are Americans making food choices?

• Do carbohydrates make you fat?

• Are low carbohydrate diets safe?

• What is a carbohydrate?

• Do you need carbohydrates?

• Do the world’s healthiest populations eat low-carbohydrate diets?

• Should you eat more protein and fat?

• Should you eat more carbohydrates and less protein and fat?

• Are low-carb diets based on science or theory?

• Is the glycemic index giving you misleading weight loss advice?

• Is the USDA food pyramid guide making you fat?

Do you feel like a pickle-in-the middle, sandwiched in between the confusion of the low-carb, high protein and a high-carb, low fat diet debate? Don't worry, you're not alone—millions of Americans are in the same predicament. It's a difficult subject to ignore these days. The number one food debate in the nation is heating up fast. Are carbohydrates the enemy or the hero in America’s “battle of the bulge?”

It seems that just about every other day you can find a new book, magazine, or a news release that adds more fuel to the hottest diet debate of the century. Right now, the low-carb camp is in first place—“carbophobia” is sweeping the nation!

The carb bashing, high protein diet fad has received a great deal of national attention. But it's no surprise why the low-carb books are flying off the shelves of bookstores. The new breed of diet doctors selling them are simply telling people what they want to hear. They promise rapid weight loss and improved health while eating large quantities of foods we were all taught to eat sparingly: beef, pork, lamb, cheese, cream and even deep fried foods.

This latest diet frenzy is challenging decades of advice prescribed by mainstream health experts—eat a high-carb, low fat diet. Staunch low-carb, high fat supporters have managed to turn thirty years of solid research upside down. Health consumers are baffled by it all. Considering all the mixed messages we are getting on what to eat, is it any wonder why millions of Americans are confused and unsure of which recommendations to follow? Weight conscious Americans are eagerly searching for a permanent weight loss solution. Is locking the carbohydrates in the kitchen cupboard the answer?

Carbs from Heaven, Carbs from Hell examines these issues and provides practical and safe recommendations to help you choose carbohydrates wisely. All carbohydrates are not created equal. The truth is there are good carbs and bad carbs. So get ready to take the hell out of carbs, and put the heaven back in them just for the health of it. Let me explain just how we’re going to do that.

Part 1

Before I unveil the identity of Carbs from Heaven and Cars from Hell, I think it is important for you understand why your doctor has failed to educate you on this important matter. First of all, doctors don't learn about nutrition in medical school. According to Dr. D. DiAngelis, the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, (JAMA), “Physicians are inadequately trained in nutrition.” If your doctor was capable of teaching you about the subject of nutrition, you wouldn't be caught in the middle of a low-carb or high-carb diet debate—confused. If your doctor was taught unbiased science in medical school, you wouldn’t have to try and figure out how to be fit in trim on your own. The truth is, your doctor may be as confused on the subject as you are.

Health care in America is at a crossroads. People are questioning medical authority. The general public has access to more information on health than any other time in history. Consequently, many people are challenging their doctor's recommendations, instead of blindly accepting advice that may lead to a future health problem. Sometimes patients know more about specific health problems than their doctors—especially when it comes to nutrition. You will soon discover there is a large body of important health information which is hidden on the shelves of medical research centers—placed there by the hands of corporate giants. In the next chapter, I will expose several of these medical cover-ups to help you appreciate the magnitude of the health care deception we are all faced with. The take home message is this: Your doctor is no longer the independent guardian of your health. He or she has become a part of a corporately managed medical machine.

In the following pages you will discover “unholy alliances” between corporate giants and university research facilities, and misleading information from self-serving interest groups and “health experts.” They have misguided and manipulated you and your doctor to help promote the sale of their goods and services. These self-serving parties have reduced the distribution of knowledge to a service for profit.

The climate in health care is changing quickly. Innocence and integrity is now being replaced by greed and power. Individuals inside corporations and educational institutions manipulate, delay, suppress and even withhold vital health information—for profit. For many years, consumer advocate groups, and alternative health care providers have tried to warn the public that our health is being threatened by self interest groups. Important issues like the dangers of hydrogenated oils and NutraSweet, the inflammation associated with heart disease, the benefits of vitamins and the valuable services rendered by chiropractic health care physicians have all been suppressed. The hands of orthodox doctors were tied. They either ignored these issues or told their patients that there was no science to back them up. Things are different now. Orthodox medicine has been forced to admit the truth surrounding these issues. Yet, because this information was hidden from the public for so many years, the average person is confused and scratching her head—trying to sort through it all. My goal is to help clear up some of the confusion, so you can make informed health care choices in the future.

Right now, government health agencies, your doctor, the food industry and best selling authors are all sending out mixed messages on the role of carbohydrates in our diet. Whom should you believe? Since “Watergate,” the American public’s trust in the government has plummeted, consequently very few people rely on government recommendations. You will soon discover your doctor’s advice is not much more reliable. Most people can see through the propaganda of the food industry. Consequently, a very small percentage of people rely on corporations for health information. Distrust and confusion has left the door wide open for fad diet doctors to come in and promote their ideas. They have convinced a growing segment of the American population that carbohydrates are a villain—the cause of our expanding waistlines. They believe we should eliminate or severely restrict carbohydrates. Low-carb diet doctors think carbohydrates are the culprit responsible for our current epidemic of obesity, heart disease, and even cancer. What these diet doctors fail to acknowledge is the overwhelming evidence that points to the benefits of carbohydrates from heaven to reverse all of these problems.

It is time for a reality check-up. The biggest threat to our expanding waistlines is carbohydrates from hell. They not only help you tack on extra pounds, but they also help to depress your immune system, increase your risk for heart disease, diabetes and many other debilitating diseases. On the other hand, carbohydrates from heaven can help you win the “battle of the bulge,” lower your risk for heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other killer diseases at the same time.

No one can afford to ignore these issues. The consequences may be costly— your health is at risk. If your doctor failed to inform you on these matters of health, I would suggest that you take immediate action to be more pro-active in your health care decisions. Don’t misunderstand me, it is not my intention to degrade the noble profession of medical doctors. These men and women have dedicated their lives to the service of the sick and dying and should be held in great regard. Unfortunately, most doctors are unaware of the control that industry and commerce has on medicine—including the results of much university-based medical research.