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Dr Gary Fettke - Disease-causing effects of high carbohydrate diets

Karen Thomson 88,719 6 years ago
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Levels combines food logging, habit tracking, and blood sugar monitoring (CGM) to provide personalized data and actionable insights. It empowers you to become an expert in your own health, helping you discover the nutrition and habits that work best for your body and support your goals. Disease-causing effects of high carbohydrate diets Dr Gary Fettke Whilst evidence accumulates that high carbohydrate diets are associated with increased rates of obesity and diabetes, there is growing evidence that a range of other conditions including dementia and cancer may also have their origins in high carbohydrate diets. In this presentation I will present the scientific evidence as it currently is, linking high carbohydrate diets especially with a high content of cereals and grains, with a range of medical conditions. The evidence suggests that nutritional factors may play a much greater role in human ill-health than is currently appreciated or taught in our Institutions. Links to articles mentioned in video: Direct measurement of Polyol Pathway Activity in Ocular Lens http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6692996 Blue Zones http://www.bluezones.com/speaking/dan-buettner/ Nutrition for life! Diabetes Health Research Centre www.DiabetesHealthCentre.com.au

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