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Richard Feinman, PhD, professor of biochemistry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, adds, The real importance of diets that lower carbohydrate content is that they are grounded in mechanism carbohydrates stimulate insulin secretion which biases fat metabolism towards storage rather than oxidation. The inflammation results open a new aspect of the problem. From a practical standpoint, continued demonstrations that carbohydrate restriction is more beneficial than low fat could be good news to those wishing to forestall or manage the diseases associated with metabolic syndrome.

One of the remarkable effects in the data presented that may have contributed to the results is that despite the three-fold greater saturated fat in the diet for the low carb group, saturated fat in the blood turned out to be higher in the low fat group due to the process known as carbohydrate-induced lipogenesis. Dr. Volek points out that this clearly shows the limitations of the idea that you are what you eat. Metabolism plays a big role. You are what your body does with what you eat.

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