Debunking Nutritional Myths: The Truth About Carbohydrates and Diabetes
I couldn't believe how extensive the nutritional propaganda was.
It was all a lie. Not one proper piece of research to back it up. An invention of the agriculture industry to increase profits. And the price? Obesity is spreading in Western countries, children are diagnosed with diabetes, and metabolic illnesses are rising fast. What would it take for us to wake up and acknowledge the acute nutritional failures of the food pyramid and the push toward a "healthy diet" of fibre and whole grains "foods"?
Reversing diabetes and other metabolic issues is happening every day, and you can do it too by understanding a few simple fact about human metabolism.
Understanding Human Metabolism - from propaganda to facts
Nutritional Propaganda:
Carbohydrates are essential nutrients *
Fibre is an essential nutrient*
We need to eat sugar to give glucose to our brain and other important organs
*Essential nutrients mean that we must obtain them through our diet as we can't produce them in our body.
The Real Human Nutrition Demands:
We don’t need any carbohydrates because of gluconeogenesis
Fibre is not essential as we can’t even digest it
Don't believe me? Just search it up in any search engine or AI chat. It will tell you how important a balanced diet is, and that carbohydrates are part of it, but never that we can’t live without them.
The promotion of fibre is even more ludicrous as its definition is: Dietary fibre (or roughage) is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes.
For more info about fibre: Dr. Zoë Harcombe - 'What about fiber?'
Why We Don't Need Sugar
The simple fact that most doctors and nutritionists are never taught that we can produce all the glucose our body needs. The process of gluconeogenesis takes the fats and protein we consume and, according to our needs, converts some of them into glucose.
Gluconeogenesis (GNG) is a metabolic pathway that results in the biosynthesis of glucose from certain non-carbohydrate carbon substrates. It is a ubiquitous process, present in plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and other microorganisms. In vertebrates, gluconeogenesis occurs mainly in the liver and, to a lesser extent, in the cortex of the kidneys. It is one of two primary mechanisms—the other being the degradation of glycogen—used by humans and many other animals to maintain blood sugar levels, avoiding low levels of hypoglycaemia.
In other words, we don't need to ingest any carbohydrates, no matter their origin, as they are all digested into glucose which we can make ourselves.
What Happens When We Do Consume Sugar
Have you ever stopped to think if what we are told even makes sense?
Why are fruits good for us but candy isn't? They both have sugar, no?
Whole grains (having more fibre in them) are helpful for diabetes patients despite being a combination of simple sugars and complex sugars?
I'm sure you can see the cognitive dissonance here...
Carbohydrates (meaning "watered carbon") are divided into four types: monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. Monosaccharides consist of a simple sugar; that is, they have the chemical formula C6H12O6. Disaccharides are two simple sugars. Oligosaccharides are three to six monosaccharide units, and polysaccharides are more than six." - Davidson, E. A.. "carbohydrate." Encyclopaedia Britannica, June 17, 2024. Carbohydrate | Definition, Classification, & Examples.
To make it simpler: glucose, sucrose, fructose, galactose, lactose, and maltose are all types of sugars that ultimately are digested into glucose. As humans, we can only have about a teaspoon (4-5 grams) of glucose in the blood at any given time. Any amount above that is toxic.
For more info about sugar: Dr. Gary Fettke - 'Is Fruit Good or Bad For You?'
The link between carbs and diabetes
You can see that the way we eat today includes a constant glucose intake which spikes our blood glucose (sugar) levels every time. So what does the body do to deal with this constant influx of toxins? It works hard to digest the carbohydrates into fats and store them in the cells. And that's how you put on fat—by eating carbohydrates, not animal fats.
But we were told that diabetes is a result of insulin resistance, no? No. Insulin resistance is a symptom of eating too many carbohydrates. Think about insulin as a key to the cell. When it recognises that there's no more room, it locks the cell and prevents it from taking in more sugar. Hence, the insulin is resisting any additional energy sugar intake.
The cause of diabetes is long-term elevated blood glucose, which over time induces insulin resistance and causes the body to start storing the sugars in other organs, leading to severe tissue damage.
Why Are We Told to Eat Whole Grains and Fruits?
Fibre's Role: The only real "advantage" of consuming fibre is its impact on slowing down the absorption of nutrients, including sugars.
Industry Interests: The industry doesn't want you to stop consuming sugars because it brings them a lot of money, both from their foods and from the medications you need to keep eating their foods.
Addiction: Sugar is more addictive than cocaine, and most of us are severely addicted to it. We even persuade ourselves that diabetics can still eat some carbohydrates (sugar) and somehow reduce their glucose (sugar) levels by doing so.
Let's Recap
We can make all the glucose we need from fats and protein.
All carbohydrates are sugar.
Every time you eat carbohydrates, you are elevating your blood sugar levels above the 4-5 grams safe level.
Whole grains and fruits contain a large amount of sugar.
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Naturally
I hope that you can see now that reversing diabetes is not rocket science; it's just basic human metabolism. Stop eating carbohydrates, and your body won't have to deal with the excess sugar, allowing it to use the stored fat in your body as an energy source. Once the cells are not full, insulin won't be resistant. No elevated blood glucose, no insulin resistance, no diabetes.