Actually no. Carbs are not essential, meaning they don’t need to be provided by the body and that is because the body can make it efficiently from proteins and fats. How about proteins and fats? Are they also not essential? Absolutely yes! Omega 6s and Omega 3s, as well as at least 9 amino acids need to be provided by the diet as the body is unable to manufacture these. Without these essential nutrients provided in our food, we will get very sick and eventually die.
In fact too many carbs and sugars are very harmful and has been shown to be the primary cause of metabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Alzheimers, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, PCOS cancer and many more. These conditions were barely around until our carb intake became excessive. And while sugar and insulin are probably the main cause of these diseases, high LDL sits around 13th – not as great a contributor as we initially thought. Indeed, the LDL that is of concern, is the oxidised LDL, that is usually in this form due to high glucose and insulin levels. We are never told that by our doctor when the LDLs are seen to be high in our bloodwork. What a shame. Decrease the carbs and the oxidised LDLs and triglycerides will go down. </h5><h5>Sugar, especially fructose, which is a component of sugar along with glucose, and excess insulin, that is the result of too much glucose in the system, can be detrimental. While excess glucose is responsible for micro-vascular diseases such as neuropathy (nerves), retinopathy (eyes) and nephropathy, it is the excess insulin that the pancreas is pumping out to deal with the excess glucose, that is responsible for metabolic diseases.
