UPI reports the results of conceptual work on weight gain, on what foods make you gain weight.
Overeating has traditionally been linked to obesity, but researchers say the real culprit is a diet high in processed sugars and carbohydrates, according to a commentary published Monday by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Consumption of food containing highly processed carbohydrates forces the body to produce more insulin, a substance used to digest sugar. This, in turn, signals fat cells to store more calories, leaving fewer available to provide energy to muscles.
In contrast to what they call the energy balance model, the carbohydrate-insulin model holds that excessive consumption of foods high in sugar, or glycemic content, such as highly processed, rapidly digestible carbohydrates, causes weight gain.
Darn, there goes the nightly dish of ice cream. The senior author is at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital so this is unlikely to be junk science. Hat tip to Instapundit for the link.
