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Source: Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
Summary:
Some diets claim high levels of insulin released by eating carbohydrate causes fat storage
Researchers compared 12,000 men and women and found those who took in 60% of their calories as carb had no higher levels of insulin in their blood than those who ate 40% as carbs
People with all levels of carb consumption weighed about the same for their heights
Conclusion: It’s not insulin but excess calories that lead food to be stored in fat cells
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