Are Carbohydrates a Cause of Type 2 Diabetes?

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There is a large percentage of people who think that carbohydrates being broken down to sugar is sort of quote unquote the cause of insulin resistance and, and type two diabetes. And generally what we see and some of the past research that I've done is that if you have whole unprocessed carbohydrates or carbohydrates that are a lower glycemic index, we do see beneficial effects on cardiometabolic disease risk factors. The most important thing for carbohydrates is that you're not consuming them in excess. It's the excess calories of carbohydrates that are more of the problem than the carbohydrates themselves.

Episode #240. There’s a lot of noise about cardiometabolic health: claims that certain diets will work miracles, and hype that specific foods must be avoided at all costs. Research dietitian Dr Andrea Glenn joins me today to get to the core of which dietary patterns will actually improve your cardiometabolic health outcomes.

We discuss:

Intro (00:00)
Andrea Glenn on dietary patterns (07:31)
Which country has the best dietary guidelines today? (11:35)
What is cardiometabolic health? (13:15)
Similarities and differences between the DASH, Nordic, Mediterranean, and Portfolio Diets (16:31)
Can the Portfolio diet lower your risk of having a heart attack or stroke? (21:29)
The compositions of plant predominant diets and the demonization of carbohydrates (37:05)
Are DASH, Nordic, Mediterranean, and Portfolio diets good for preventing and managing diabetes? (44:32)
The worst and the best sources of fat (50:27)
Is the pro-metabolic diet legitimate? (54:19)
Is canola oil healthy? And is it better than olive oil? (01:03:39)
The effects of protein according to studies (1:11:05)
What are plant sterols? (1:17:20)
Plant predominant versus plant exclusive (1:22:36)

To stay in the loop with Dr Andrea Glenn, you can connect with her on Twitter. Learn more about Dr Glenn and read her research papers here.

Discover more insights and dozens of supporting studies in the full show notes.

Enjoy, friends.

Simon

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