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<blockquote data-quote="HairySmurf" data-source="post: 2669990" data-attributes="member: 583820"><p>This will be my last post on this thread as I don't want to argue, I just wanted to express my opinion on why NHS advice is formulated the way it is, as best I can. To your points (and I'm absolutely not an expert):</p><p></p><p>1: Yes, and I believe, depending on what stage you choose as the starting point in the cascade of issues that leads (in most cases) from healthy with a normal appetite to hungry and insulin resistant to Type 2 Diabetes, they may be partially right. I don't know of anyone who feasts on dry white bread. Starch, by itself, isn't something that people tend to eat to excess. Spread a little butter on the bread and it's appeal increases. Add sugar to the mix, say in the form of a pizza - starch in the base, sugar in the sauce, fat in the cheese and some more fat and sugar in the goodies on top that add deliciousness and suddenly you have a food that people tend to overeat in a massive way. Speaking for myself, I would consume a whole lot of calories in one sitting if I was eating pizza. I believe that neither starch nor fat, by themselves, have that effect on appetite and satiety.</p><p></p><p>2 and 3: Off the top of my head, how about bowel cancer. How many tens of thousands of this doctor's patients have lived long enough to die of cancer and how do those rates compare with the average? We don't know, we can't know, the sample size is too small and not enough time has passed since they started the diet to know for sure. (assuming this doctor you mention is currently practicing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HairySmurf, post: 2669990, member: 583820"] This will be my last post on this thread as I don't want to argue, I just wanted to express my opinion on why NHS advice is formulated the way it is, as best I can. To your points (and I'm absolutely not an expert): 1: Yes, and I believe, depending on what stage you choose as the starting point in the cascade of issues that leads (in most cases) from healthy with a normal appetite to hungry and insulin resistant to Type 2 Diabetes, they may be partially right. I don't know of anyone who feasts on dry white bread. Starch, by itself, isn't something that people tend to eat to excess. Spread a little butter on the bread and it's appeal increases. Add sugar to the mix, say in the form of a pizza - starch in the base, sugar in the sauce, fat in the cheese and some more fat and sugar in the goodies on top that add deliciousness and suddenly you have a food that people tend to overeat in a massive way. Speaking for myself, I would consume a whole lot of calories in one sitting if I was eating pizza. I believe that neither starch nor fat, by themselves, have that effect on appetite and satiety. 2 and 3: Off the top of my head, how about bowel cancer. How many tens of thousands of this doctor's patients have lived long enough to die of cancer and how do those rates compare with the average? We don't know, we can't know, the sample size is too small and not enough time has passed since they started the diet to know for sure. (assuming this doctor you mention is currently practicing). [/QUOTE]
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