I thought I would share some thoughts on some of the responses of LC "experts" to James Krieger's excellent series on insulin. For any who missed them, here are the links “Insulin…an Undeserved Bad Reputation”, Part 2,Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
Jimmy Moore asked an array of people in LC circles for their thoughts HERE
I'm just going to address one quotation:
It’s true that the body can store fat even when it has low insulin levels when excess calories from a high carbohydrate low fat diet are stored as fat even if insulin levels are not high. Upwards of 85% of excess carbs turns to triglycerides or fat. The body is less likely to store fat if it is primarily burning fat for fuel.
This perpetuation of the myth that it is excess carbohydrate calories that are converted to fat has got to stop!
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