Carbophobia-CMP

Read the NYT article via the link below. Why is it called **Carbophobia**? People have an idea that all carbohydrates are bad for the diet, but they don't understand that some are good. Most people just think they make you gain weight.

The author Gary Taubes has just written a book called.... "Good Calories, Bad Calories"

Taubes argues that the best diet is high in calories from __protein__ and __fat__ but low in calories from __carbohydrates__.

Taubes thinks there are three important diet myths. Dietary fat, dietary fiber and dietary salt all cause Heart Disease, Colon Cancer and High Blood Pressure.

Taubes argues that calories from are worse than calories from __fat__. But what evidence suggests that a calorie is a calorie regardless of the source? A complex system of metabolic controls shows that a calorie is a calorie, no matter what it comes from.

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 a disease that causes people to have high blood pressure. Not enough insulin in the body can cause the disease. Type 1 Diabetes is found in mostly children, whereas Type 2 is found in mostly adult. Type 2 can be caused be lack of exercise or obesity.

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? Obesity is a term that is given to people when they have a BMI that is not proportional to their size. A Body Mass Index of over 30 is considered obese. A BMI of 25-29.9 is considered overweight. Over 60% of Americans are overweight, due to unhealthy diets and lack of exercise. The percent has triple since 1980.

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? Colon Cancer begins in the large intestine or the rectum. President George W. Bush recently had 5 polyps removed. It is a small clump of cells that form the lining of the colon that block digestion from occurring.

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? Cholesterol is a substance found in all parts of the human body. It is made by the body but also found in a healthy diet, mostly in animal products. It is used to produce normal body functions, like creating hormones, bile acid, and Vitamin D. High Cholesterol levels are bad for the body and can come from unhealthy diets. Total fat in a diet should be from 25-35% of daily calories, but the American diet causes it to be much higher. The Low-fat diet has more food. LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein (bad) HDL: High Density Lipoprotein (good)