The Energy/Metabolism Switch - Part 2

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Thank your the positive feedback to part 1 of The Energy/Metabolism Switch!  In response to the numerous questions received, I am providing additional information and a chart for sugar disguises. (See chart below).  

The mid 1970's hailed the introduction of a new form of sugar - High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). Correspondingly, physicians were seeing a sharp increase in a new disease called Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). 

The Energy/Metabolism Switch - Part 1

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Our bodies rely on the consumption of calories for energy production. The hormone insulin determines whether calories are burned as fuel or stored as fat. All calories do not stimulate insulin equally. Carbohydrates stimulate insulin to far greater extent than proteins or fats. The massive increase in sugar (carbohydrate) additives to our food supply over the past few decades has produced a dangerous overproduction in insulin, exacerbating the condition of insulin resistance or Type 2 diabetes.