Hannah Sutter says that the government is wrong (based on various researches) to advise us to eat lots of starchy foods like rice, pasta, bread etc., because our lifestyles tend to be sedentary these days. This advice to eat starchy foods is flawed because starches (rice, pasta, bread, cereals etc) readily turn to glucose, which in turn triggers the release of insulin, which triggers the storage of excess insulin as fat.

As usual, I expect, this is “horses for courses”. If you ARE doing a lot of exercise, then you probably need it. If not, then maybe don’t overload on it. In other words I’d say, balance the amount of starch you are taking in against the amount of energy you are expending in exercise.

I think I have already said in a previous post, that you can get away with pretty much anything food wise providing that it is soon after your “workout”.

SO, she is right! – Except that she says (if my understanding is right) that the amount of exercise to offset this is so great that it is not sustainable by the average person – And there, I believe she is wrong – watch this space!