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Originally Posted by lil fu fu girl  I love this thread. Thanks so much for posting this. Nutrition is sooooo interesting.
Resistant starches are truly fascinating. I have begun researching their metabolic pathways within the body. There is just so much to them...
I, as well, have seen so many go on "Low to Non-existent" Carbohydrate diets, which is so bad for your body. Your brain, feeds exclusively on glucose and its cells require twice as much fuel as any other cell within the body. Eliminating complex carbohydrates, such as the starches and resistant starches found within legumes, rices, and grains, essentially drains the glucose supply from the blood that supports healthy brain activity.
Simple sugars are so damaging, in that they provide a bountiful supply of glucose within the bloodstream extremely quickly. The pancreas sensing the over supply of glucose then secrets insulin which promotes the cells of our body to absorb the excess glucose within the blood. Thereby causing the brain to no longer have a consistent supply of glucose which is the reason we get the blahs. A truly viscious circle and destructive cycle. I believe if people really knew the damage that a consistent diet of soda's and candy and simple carbs caused, then they would change their eating habits.
Sorry.....prattling on and on....
But......Thanks for posting this and the links. 
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Love it all. I love reading about nutrition
. Now we need a thread on diet-related insulin resistance (ie, people think age, in and of itself, makes them gain weight). Have you read about that too? So interesting.