No Grain Diet livro Joseph Mercola

O livro do Mercola apresenta ampla análise de fatores relacionados a obesidade, com destaque para o grãos, ao longo de 18 anos as ideias foram lapidadas e expandidas por outros autores mas a essência do livro é low carb paleo, farei outro post com o fat for fuel do autor.

Sobre o Mercola Opiniões que ele prega algumas bastante polêmicas veja aqui:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mercola

"Nutritional anthropologists, compiling data from fossil records and other sources, found a significant body of scientific evidence supporting the hypothesis that genetically we are designed to fare better on the hunter-gatherer’s diet—or a diet closer to it. According to their research, after grain consumption was widely adopted, the following negative consequences were observed:

• Decrease in height
• Increase in infant mortality
• Decrease in life span
• Increase in infectious diseases
• Increase in dental disease and tooth decay
• Increase in bone diseases like osteoporosis"

our Health Risks from Grain Consumption

How does eating the widely promulgated high-carbohydrate diet affect you over time? If you regularly consume grains, sweets, and starches, and avoid exercise, your weight will escalate while your insulin levels rise. As your tissues become progressively more tolerant to higher levels of insulin, you may develop what is termed “insulin resistance,” a condition where your tissues have absorbed all the insulin they can retain. The effect is somewhat similar to what occurs when your vision adapts after you enter a dark room. The single strongest factor to speed the aging process, excess insulin also:
• Increases your blood pressure
• Raises your cholesterol
• Shortens your life span
• Increases food cravings
• Stimulates cancer cell growth
• Increases osteoporosis
• Causes type 2 diabetes
This entire syndrome can frequently lead to diabetes, and it’s no surprise that 17 million Americans, nearly 7.3 percent of our population, are diabetic, with an astounding 33 percent rise in the prevalence of the disease between 1990 and 1999. Shockingly, there was a 70 percent rise among those aged thirty to thirty-nine years. I believe that there are an additional 5 million more undiagnosed diabetics. An even greater number (some estimates are as high as 16 million) are pre-diabetic—that is to say, they are heading straight down the road to diabetes. The No-Grain Diet can often eliminate pre-diabetes; it can frequently reverse diabetes, and it can nearly always reduce the need for insulin. For anyone on this insulin-related dietary downturn, the No-Grain Diet can be an authentic lifesaver.
The health problems created by excess grain consumption don’t end there. Both obesity and insulin resistance accelerate your risk of heart disease. Diets high in grains also reduce the levels of helpful antioxidants, such as lycopene and vitamin E, which both protect against a variety of chronic diseases. In addition, since insulin resistance and insulinlike growth factors have been implicated in colon, breast, and prostate cancers, a diet low in grains, starches, and sweets may help you prevent these and other forms of cancer.

Am I a Grain Addict?

1. Do you eat foods like grains, grain products, starches, and sweets at every meal? 5 points
2. Does a meal feel “incomplete” without bread or a dessert? 5 points
3. Do you feel hungry within two hours after meals with grains, starches, and sweets? 10 points
4. Are there certain grain and sugar foods you “cannot give up”? 5 points
5. Do you have high blood pressure? 5 points
6. Do you have high cholesterol? 7 points
7. Do you have a family history of diabetes? 5 points
8. Do you have diabetes? 10 points
9. Are you more than fifteen pounds overweight? 5 points
10. Do you feel unsatisfied after you’ve eaten a meal? 3 points
11. Do you ever keep eating after you already feel full? 5 points
12. Do you suffer from energy crashes after meals? 5 points
13. Do you eat based on external cues (i.e. “I’m near my favorite restaurant”) rather than internal hunger signals? 3 points
14. Do you crave grain and sugar foods for comfort? 3 points
15. Do you use food as a reward? 5 points
16. Do you use foods to change your mood? 5 points"

No-Grain Diet Foods to Eliminate

All grain products
All desserts, including cakes, cookies, candies, ice cream, muffins, and puddings
All sweeteners and sugars, including aspartame (NutraSweet or Equal) and sucralose (Splenda)
Sodas, coffee, tea, colas, diet drinks, fruit juices
Trans-fatty acids (in baked goods and all fried foods and margarine)
MSG and all artificial preservatives and chemicals
Sweetened condiments, like ketchup, pickles, and barbecue sauce