tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003308285087547153.post6580686747896338458..comments2024-01-28T02:43:38.340-06:00Comments on My Low Carb Road to Better Health: EATING HIGH CARB WITH THE AMISHUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003308285087547153.post-24666962793408272872011-02-14T20:51:06.224-06:002011-02-14T20:51:06.224-06:00From what I have read, the Amish are not slimmer t...From what I have read, the Amish are not slimmer than "us". They have just as much diabetes and heart disease, and the same rates of obesity. I think that this shows that it IS the carbs, and not processed foods exclusively. I think that high carbs in the absence of processed foods are just as problematic as high carbs in the presence of processed foods.Rebecca Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315286756185845150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003308285087547153.post-72266369196753705732011-02-14T16:41:00.123-06:002011-02-14T16:41:00.123-06:00Hmm, I'm a big proponent of low-carb eating, b...Hmm, I'm a big proponent of low-carb eating, but the Amish give me pause. Yes, low-carbers are no doubt slimmer overall than the Amish, but I also very rarely see obese Amish folks. Do we know anything about life expectancy? Maybe once you get slimmer than the Amish, it doesn't improve your health. <br /><br />More to the point, I think the Amish suggest that the problem is not with carbs, but with processed foods entirely. It just so happens that when we cut out carbs, we cut out almost all processed foods (and we also get ketosis as a side benefit, but this seems to relate mostly to how we can quickly drop the fat we've accumulated by eating the SAD, not to the ideal diet.) It also happens that the processed foods remaining are carefully selected so as not to be as bad as usual.Puzzledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866127197554237039noreply@blogger.com