Isn’t it amazing that so much of what we learn about how to eat is from paid commercial advertisements on the television?  Why is it that first we are told to eat low sodium, then low fat, then no animal products, then low calorie… Ahhhhhh!!  How are we to know what to do? 
 
Recently, I watched a movie on Netflix called “Fat Head”.  The movie came highly recommended to me by a patient.  I was so pleased to listen to the information passed on to the viewer.  Information that weshare with our unhealthy, overweight, diabetic patients everyday. We are even holding free workshops called,The Uncommon Cure for Diabetes now. 
 
It is not the consumption of animal fat that is causing our society to be so grossly overweight.  Very simply, it is in the consumption of processed grains and sugars that is causing our obesity and diabetes epidemic.
 
In the film, the food pyramid is depicted with the 11 recommended grain servings as bags of sugar. I could not imagine a better way to gain weight and fat than to eat 11 servings of grains a day.  Who are we fooling?  Our food pyramid for healthy eating should more accurately be called a “Weight Gain Meal Plan”.  I can only imagine how overweight I would be if I spent just 30 days eating 11 grain servings a day. 
 
You have to make sure you are taking nutritional advice from the right sources.  Let me just say, it should not be by paid commercial advertisements.

 
If you have more questions about what is causing our obesity and diabetes epidemic, please attend our FREE diabetic workshops or contact us directly.