Talk With a Clueless Trainer, Part II

I told the trainer I was on a low carbohydrate diet, and every time I used the word "diet" he couldn’t grasp the definition of the word “diet” to mean not just a fad, like the “Miracle Rapid Weight Loss Hollywood Cabbage Diet,” but diet to mean the foods that a person eats on a regular basis. If I say the Japanese diet has lots of rice and fish, that doesn’t mean the entire nation of Japan has gone on a 2 week crash diet of rice and fish –it means that rice and fish are what the typical Japanese person eats throughout his life.

“You need your carbs.”

Bull$#@!

I have already documented how the Eskimos lived on a diet of no carbs, and they were in perfect health. Look, carbs are just a fancy word for sugar. We are all aware (or should be) how fattening sugar is and how it can lead to diabetes. Fewer people realize how sugar can lead to high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease.

But it’s not just sugar that’s the enemy. Say a person doesn’t want to drink a Pepsi, because he knows it’s loaded with sugar, so he’ll have orange juice instead. The problem is that orange juice is loaded with carbs, as is pizza, and a potato, or a bagel, and all of these foods are readily converted to sugar by the body.

Everything with sugar or carbohydrates (which are rapidly converted to sugar) results in a spike in blood sugar levels. This causes the body to secrete insulin. Insulin flips a switch that causes the body to store fat.

Fat in your food does not make you overweight –it’s the insulin switch, triggered by carbohydrates, that causes your body to store fat.

Get rid of the carbs! Eliminate:

Potatoes

Sugar

Bread

Flour

Corn

Rice

Vegetable oils

Instead, eat fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, nuts, seeds, dairy products, etc. Use butter, olive oil, and coconut oil.

P.S. And no, I am not kidding about coconut oil. More to follow.