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Well, welcome to the Food Programme debate on what we should be eating, why and how. How.

Earlier the summer we made a program about some medical professionals and patients who decided to severely control the amount of carbohydrates they were eating to deal with obesity, type 2 diabetes, or just general

ill health. They were rejecting government advice, particularly the nutritional guidelines

put together by Public Health England.

My name is Dr. Asymalhotra and I am an NHS consultant cardiologist.

The number one risk factor for heart attacks is something

called insulin resistance. In layman's terms your body becomes more resistant to the hormone

insulin over time. another way of looking at it

is almost like a pre-diocese. And really that is driven by dietary patterns that include

a lot of processed carbohydrates and sugar and

everything all of our approach in tackling heart disease which really

started off in the 70s has resulted in us eating a lot more refined and processed carbohydrate foods which is

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