Skip to content jc3737 posted: Heretic,What if any any problems
do you see with the starches in the Mcdougall diet vs fewer
starches in the Fuhrman diet. heretk responded: What I will say
here is based on my observations and is not a 100% scientific
statement.  I. Starch  Starch breaks down to glucose. We do
digest starch very well and metabolize in form of glucose to
energy or convert to fat and store it. Starchy food as the main
source of calories in a diet does not seem to be a problem as
long as:  1. Your metabolism is not damaged, i.e you are not
insulin resistant  2. You do not overeat. (In my personal
experience it is a lot easier to overeat on a starch-based diet
than on a high animal fat low carb diet!)  3. You do not consume
it with comparable amounts of fat by calories. Our bodies do not
handle lots of calories comming simultaneously in form of
glucose and fat. Most likely this is an issue with the cellular
mitochondria but not 100% sure why.  4. Do not consume most of
it from the wheat family of p