Most morbidly obese people suffer from the modern day dietary disease: Starchoholism. Starchoholics consume vast amounts of mainly refined, high density carbohydrates (white bread, instant potatoes, white flour, white rice, noodles, pasta, bagels, etc.).

Moreover, starchoholics consume foods which contain trans fats or partially hydrogenated fats (leading brand peanut butters, doughnuts, cookies, cakes, animal crackers, Doritos, Cheetos, etc.).

On the other hand, starchoholics simply do not consume adequate amounts of good protein (baked or broiled cod versus breaded, deep fried, hotdogs on a stick, e. g. the infamous State Fair corn dog).

Nor do starchoholics consume healthy sources of essential fats (extra virgin olive oil, cold pressed safflower and sunflower oil, raw, unblanched and unsalted nuts, sardines, cold saltwater salmon, light tuna, etc).

The starchoholics' diet, rich in high density carbohydrates triggers the production of insulin, often called "the master hormone" in the human body. One of its major functions is to assist in the storage of sugar as glycogen in muscle tissue and in the liver. However, the human body can only store up to 500 grams of sugar as glycogen on a daily basis. That's a little over a pound.

Note: Any excess carbohydrate in the diet that can't be used in metabolic processes, stored in muscle tissue or in the liver, or can't be used to feed the brain, will be taken back to the liver to be converted to fat. This newly manufactured fat will then be transported to the various areas of the body where fat is deposited (adipose tissue).

Unlike sugar as glycogen, fat storage capacity in the human body appears to have no upper limit. Recently it was estimated that a 1,500 pound male had more than 1,000 pounds of stored fat.

In a nutshell, starchoholics, via their high density carbohydrate addiction, have been storing fat continually, and unfortunately, incrementally for years.

How can this be?

Because morbidly obese people do not consume adequate amounts of protein, they do not and can not trigger sufficient levels of the hormone glucagon.

The following is a vital concept, please pay careful attention.

Glucagon must not only be present for stored fats (triglycerides) to be used as energy sources (glycerol and free fatty acids), but it also must be produced at sufficient levels to counterbalance the insulin generated by the starchoholics' high density carbohydrate diet.

Without glucagon, insulin goes unchecked. When insulin goes unchecked, fat storage goes bonkers.

Listen carefully!

Because of this imbalance between glucagon (promotes fat burning) and insulin (promotes fat storage), the morbidly obese do not and can not access fat for fuel. Instead, they may be doomed to become lifelong sugar burners.

Why is this?

The culprit in this tragic inprisonment is the brain. This diabolic think tank is a sugarholic, consuming nearly two thirds (2/3) of the sugar in the blood every day when the body is at rest. When excess sugar enters the blood, the brain signals the beta cells in the pancreas to produce insulin which helps to escort this excess sugar to all cells in the body.

As stated earlier, most excess sugar is stored as glycogen in muscle tissue and in the liver. However, once the excess is stored as glycogen in muscle tissue, the brain no longer has access to this energy source. Now, it must rely on the conversion of glycogen back to sugar in the liver.

In the starchoholic, this conversion of glycogen to sugar (glycogenolysis) doesn't take place fast enough, forcing blood sugar levels to drop at an alarming rate. Voilá, hypoglycemia! The brain, the ultimate control freak, sends this information to its Mini-Me brain in the appetite centers in the gut.

From those centers powerful and overbearing carbohydrate cravings emerge until they are satisfied. This Mini-Me brain is telling the starchoholic, "Go get me the sugar, Sugar!"

A Terrifying Revelation

A nutritional researcher has estimated that postoperative gastric bypass female patients, once they have reached a weight plateau, a year or more after the surgery, will gain weight if they consume more than 25 grams of high density carbohydrates per day. The researcher has also estimated that for male postoperative gastric bypass patients a consumption of more than 40 to 50 grams of high density carbohydrates per day will initiate weight gain.

Remember:
A baked potato (51 grams of high density carbohydrate) equals 51 cucumbers, almost a bushel (one cucumber = 1 gram of carbohydrate x 51 cucumbers = 1 baked potato)

The key for starchoholics is to find the way to burn fat rather than sugar over the long term. This process begins with the Induction Plan.

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Induction Plan (Preop diet)   Day 1-6 (Postop diet)   Day 7-13 (Postop diet)
Day 14-27 (Postop diet)   Day 28+ (Regular diet)   Diet Guide

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