It was in the 1970’s that dieticians began telling us to eat less red meat and less fat and to increase the amount of grains and carbs instead. We were all given the message, “Fat is bad, carbs are good”. So we began to reduce the fat and increase the carbs and we should have gotten healthier and skinnier, right? But we didn’t. Instead, diabetes and heart disease are at all-time highs and the obesity epidemic is well out of control.
Read MoreAmericans have become accustomed to a high carbohydrate diet. In fact, the Standard American Diet is actually a high carbohydrate diet and what is called a “low carb” diet should be called the normal diet.
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