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the safest level of added sugar consumption is zero.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
Eat in the 100-150 gram Maintenance Zone and you won’t gain fat (unless you have an extremely severe overeating problem…but even then it will be hard!). Eat in the 50-100 gram Sweet Spot and you will lose body fat, no matter who you are and how hard it’s been to drop weight in the past. Really, it’s all about the Carbohydrate Curve!
Mark Sisson • The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Primal Blueprint Series)
Andrew Huberman • Dr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving
But the truth is that even whole-grain carbohydrate sources commonly referenced as “low-glycemic” like brown rice are rapid and dramatic blood sugar boosters, which must then be shuttled from the blood with the help of insulin.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
Super-thickeners made from starch reduce calories and carbs in food
Karmela Padavic-Callaghannewscientist.com
being undernourished in utero leaves people with a lifelong propensity for weight gain, an unfair fate to be handed so early.
Bee Wilson • First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
Also, when sugars and starches are mixed with other foods, the glycemic index becomes inaccurate, as fat, protein, and fiber delay the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream. A mixed meal of carbs, protein, and fat might actually be even more difficult for your body to deal with than sugar in its isolated form, by prolonging the elevation of insu
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