carb+homework

Read the NYT article via the link below. Why is it called Carbophobia?- Because people have the steriotype that carbs are bad for you, and that they need to be cut out of your diet since they are the cause of weight gain. The author Gary Taubes has just written a book called.... In Good Calories, Bad Calories Taubes argues that the best diet is high in calories from ________ and _________ but low in calories from _________. high in protein and fat, but low in carbs is the best diet for someone Taubes thinks there are three important diet myths. Diet, Weight Control, and Disease are the three myths that fall into this catagory Too much dietary fat causes ....Hart Disease Lack of dietary fiber causes ...Cancer Too much dietary salt causes ... Dehydration Taubes argues that calories from ________ are worse than calories from _________. But what evidence suggests that a calorie is a calorie regardless of the source? A calorie of fat is better than a calorie of sugar Click on "diabetes". What is diabetes? What causes diabetes? What is the normal role of insulin? What are some differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes? Diabetes is caused when you pancreas shuts down and doesn't produce anymore sugar for your body, as a result you have to take insilin shots to put the sugar back into your body. Type 1 and 2 diabetes depends on how much iinsilin you body needs to get put back in it Click on "obesity". What is the BMI range for an obese person? overweight? What percentage of Americans are overweight? How has the percentage of obese adolescents changed? Over a BMI of 28 is where it gets bad for obese between 25 and 28 is considered overweight Click on "colon cancer". Where does the colon begin? End? Look on this page, who recently had 5 polyps removed from his colon? What is a colon polyp? Starts in the large intestine and ends at the end of the colon or the rectom. Click on "cholesterol" What is cholesterol? What is its function? What is a side effect of cholesterol in your diet? What are food sources high in cholesterol? What is LDL? What is HDL? What percentage of your diet should be fat? What percentage of the diet is fat for the average American? Which diet had more food (the average American diet or the Low-fat diet? Why? Found in all parts of the body and it is something that you attain when you eat food. If you have too much of too little then it can be considered hazaderous to your health.The amount of fat that sould be in your diet is around 5-10%, but the average american eates around 40% of fat in their diet. Americans are considered to be very obease compared to the rest of the world, and its partially because of the society that we live in.