Scientific Proof Carbohydrates Cause Disease

Thank you again for accepting the challenge. Let's go through the evidence and see what is stated. "A diet high in carbohydrates may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer in sedentary and overweight women," BMJ 2002;325:566 That could be any carbohydrate. Soft drinks comes to mind. Just because one source of carbohydrates causes disease doesn't mean another does. It's common knowledge that fruits and vegetables are healthy and soda isn't. A condemnation of soda is not the same as a condemnation of fruits and vegetables. "Fasting DNL was measured after a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet in normoinsulinemic lean (n = 5) and hyperinsulinemic obese (n = 5) subjects." Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jan;77(1):43-50. Again, high-carbohydrate diet could be an all soda diet. Yes, scientific peer reviewed sources are used, but carbohydrates may not be the culprit. "Diet is clearly implicated in the origin of colorectal cancer, with risk factors for the disease including reduced consumption of vegetables, fiber, and starch and increased consumption of red meat and animal fat. Nutr Cancer. 2000;37(1):19-26. This serves to help falsify the hypothesis rather than reinforce. Now lets look at the effects of detrimental health effects of soda. "We found clear associations of soft drink intake with increased energy intake and body weight." Am J Public Health. 2007 April; 97(4): 667"675. doi:" 10.2105/AJPH.2005.083782 "Meanwhile, the evidence continues to mount that sugar-sweetened drinks are a major contributor to obesity, heart disease and diabetes, and that exercise makes only a modest contribution to weight loss compared to ingesting fewer calories." nytimes.com Next, the health benefits of antioxidants, fiber, and vegetarian respectively. "It appears that carotenoids (including beta-carotene) can promote health when taken at dietary levels, but may have adverse effects when taken in high dose by subjects who smoke or who have been exposed to asbestos. " J Am Coll Nutr. 1999 Oct;18(5):426-33. "Suffering from diarrhea? Conventional wisdom says choose foods high in fiber. Constipated? Eat a high-fiber diet, experts suggest." Peter Jaret "Cytotoxic activity, which is expressed as lytic units, was significantly higher in vegetarians than in their omnivorous controls by a factor of 2." Nutr Cancer. 1989;12(3):271-8. It is clear to me the hypothesis that carbohydrates causes disease is false. Instead I argue that excess soda consumption causes disease. Also good luck finding beta-carotene in animals meats. Beta-carotene doesn't work so well when taken in supplement form. I added some extra references which help falsify the hypothesis that carbohydrates cause disease. In fact, I argue that a diet high in vegetables and fruit which tend to contain how amounts of carbohydrates, anti-oxidants, and fiber helps prevent disease. Mercola's references: http://www.bmj.com... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... Soda references: http://www.nytimes.com... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... Antioxidants references: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... Fiber references: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.webmd.com... http://ajcn.nutrition.org... http://ajcn.nutrition.org... Vegetarian references: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...