The number one predictor of heart disease is not high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, but elevated levels of insulin. Look in the mirror. If you're fat and shaped like an apple, you have elevated insulin levels. But you can still be thin and have elevated insulin. You have high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol.
Carbohydrates are a drug.
The body needs a certain amount of carbohydrates at every meal, just like a drug, for optimal brain function. Excessive consumption of any drug, however, has toxic side effects. An overdose of carbohydrates results in the excess production of insulin, which is toxic. This statement should not be taken lightly. In late January 1996, the American Heart Association announced that cardiovascular deaths in the U.S. were increasing for the first time after a steady continuous decline sine 1980.