Fat is a complex topic to be perfectly honest and I think a lot of it is poorly communicated in the world of health

So in order to talk about carbohydrates and fat and protein

We have to be like very very specific in our language

If you're not then you run into problems where you started to get confused and you say well

This person said this about sugar and this person said this about carbohydrates and then it becomes confusing

And so you'll hear this over and over again

Don't eat sugar because it raises your risk for prediabetes and type two diabetes

And it raises your risk for obesity and the truth is that all that information is correct as long as you're referring to

refined

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Today we are going to be talking about sugar

We are going to be talking about fat and we are going to be talking about carbohydrates

And we're going to put all of those three together in the context of diabetes

So really when it comes to diabetes which of those is the biggest demon

Conventional wisdom obviously says sugar but on today's episode

My guest says nay nay my friend. We must rethink what we have been thinking

Dr. Cyrus Cumbata from mastering diabetes will be here he is one of my absolute favorite guests to have on the show

So we're going to be getting into that we're also going to be looking at sweet potatoes versus white potatoes

Which is better for those who have diabetes

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