199: 3 Stages of Carbohydrate Intolerance
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Elizabeth Benton
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🗓️ 2 July 2016
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode I'm sharing the CliffNotes & takeaway of a white paper written by Dr. Philip Maffetone about the three stages of carbohydrate intolerance. To download the free whitepaper for yourself, click here.
Carbohydrate intolerance not only encourages weight gain, it impairs fat loss, damages the metabolism and triggers the development of illness and disease.
Most importantly, after we assess the three stages of carbohydrate intolerance, we'll talk about what you can do about it.
http://primalpotential.com/199-stages-of-carbohydrate-intolerance/
3 Stages of Carbohydrate Intolerance
Carbohydrate intolerance not only impairs fat loss and reduces energy - it also predisposes you to illness and chronic disease.
Dr. Philip Maffetone outlines how carbohydrate intolerance develops in the below model and then goes on to describe three stages of carbohydrate intolerance.

- Dr. Philip Maffetone's Model of Carbohydrate Intolerance
The three stages of carbohydrate intolerance can initiate in utero, in infancy, childhood, adolescence or adulthood and get worse until we choose to make dietary and lifestyle changes to improve carbohydrate tolerance.
Stages 1, 2 and 3 are detailed in the podcast so listen to the full episode to get all the details & the recommendations for making positive changes!
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Resources
Carbohydrate Intolerance Whitepaper
Episode 009: Carbohydrate Spillover
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Menden. |
| 0:06.6 | Through education, motivation, and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and doing |
| 0:14.4 | so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential. |
| 0:21.2 | Let's get started. |
| 0:25.4 | Hello everybody, welcome back to the Primal Potential Podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | I am Elizabeth Menden and I am really excited about today's episode. |
| 0:33.6 | It's something I haven't done before. |
| 0:35.7 | I've done a few book review episodes and I actually have a really freaking awesome one coming up |
| 0:40.4 | next week that I'm so excited about. |
| 0:42.7 | But today I wanted to kind of riff on that a little bit and actually do a review of a very |
| 0:48.7 | interesting white paper that I read. |
| 0:52.4 | Now sometimes when people read white papers or hear about white papers or even download a white |
| 0:58.5 | paper it just feels cumbersome and clunky and lots of pages and you just want the cliff notes. |
| 1:04.4 | So consider this. |
| 1:06.0 | My thoughts, my perspective, my cliff notes on a white paper that I recently read about |
| 1:12.4 | carbohydrate intolerance. |
| 1:14.0 | And before we dive into it I just want to say I moved recently and so I'm trying to find |
| 1:20.1 | the best place in my new space to record with the highest quality without an echo, |
| 1:26.6 | without a lot of street noise. |
| 1:28.2 | So bear with me the other thing I will say is as I record this trying a new location I also have |
| 1:34.8 | all of my windows open because my air conditioning is broken. |
| 1:37.7 | So it is mighty hot in here and I could close the windows to reduce the street noise |
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