They're Wrong About Heart Disease & Insulin Resistance (BV#34) — Key Takeaways

Ep. 110: The True Cause of Insulin Resistance and Diabetes from the Bioenergetic View

Insulin resistance is caused by impaired mitochondrial glucose oxidation and excess fatty acid burning (the Randle cycle), not carbohydrate intake — and increasing carbohydrate consumption, even in diabetics, improves insulin sensitivity by lowering stress hormones and reducing free fatty acid oxidation.

Sugar Diet Cope from the Low-Carb "Experts"

High-carb, low-fat diets improve insulin sensitivity and drive weight loss even in obese and type 2 diabetic populations, as demonstrated by the Kempner rice diet and Pritikin studies — making the low-carb claim that carbs inherently cause metabolic dysfunction unsupported.

Cancer, Glycation, Essentiality, Oxidative Stress: Carbs Are Not The Cause

Carbohydrate restriction forces the body into physiological insulin resistance — a survival-mode conservation mechanism that suppresses metabolic rate, elevates stress hormones, and downregulates thyroid and reproductive hormones.

Fat Makes You Insulin Resistant, SUGAR is the Solution

Switching from a 45% to 85% carbohydrate diet improved fasting glucose, oral glucose tolerance, and lowered fasting insulin in diabetic subjects within just 10 days.