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Hello and welcome back to another fantastic edition of your favorite health interview podcast, The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore!
In today’s Episode 223, Jimmy talks with a physician named Dr. Richard Johnson who co-authored the compelling new book The Sugar Fix: The High-Fructose Fallout That is Making You Fat and Sick. Many of you will find the premise of this book a fascinating topic for debate.
Dr. Johnson has it in for fructose as the root cause of obesity and diseases. But he sharply diverges from most of our guest’s usual opinions in that he thinks other carbohydrates (including other sugars and foods that turn to sugar in the body) are blameless! This includes pasta, rice, potatoes, and a whole host of other carb-y foods that wouldn’t enter the mouths of most people on a low-carb regimen.
He has an interesting perspective to say the least, but Jimmy schools the good doctor on several points (such as the alleged “harmfulness” of saturated fat and the dangers of consuming “too much protein” following a low-carb diet). Listen in for all this and much, MUCH MORE!
LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 223
– Dr. Richard Johnson’s bio
– The Sugar Fix: The High-Fructose Fallout That Is Making You Fat and Sick
– RELATED BLOG POST: “Excessive Fructose Intake, Not Starch Leads To Metabolic Syndrome, Author Contends”
– RELATED BLOG POST: “‘Sugar Fix’ Author Blames Fructose Alone For Obesity, But Taubes Counters”
Hello Jimmy
I am totally into John Yudkin book’s now, he’s a real pionneer in the 70’s, and sadly his books are hard to come by.
With this in mind I tend to agree with Johnson’s focus on fructose, and taking away the pressures on bad carbs=starch. Also since fructose in fruits in average consumption makes sense, then potatoes and rice also moderate would be fine….
So I’m more open to roots and rice now, and after having banned regular dairy (raw being illegal in Canada, dang), soy products, I’m now banning any sweetener in our home. (I’m keeping honey and maple syrup in case of emergency, for my wife….)
I’m still suspiscious on gluten and other anti nutrient that damage the intestin’s walls…so I’m progressing slowly.
Anyhow, everyone read John Yudkin’s books, they are worth there weight in gold!!!!!
Paleo Guy ;-))
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