As you can see from this article and the bread-bashing article in last week’s newsletter, we are finally making a difference. Dr. Atkins led the way and is responsible for most of the country's newfound appreciation that fat is not evil for most of us, but refined grains and sugars clearly are.

Dr. Atkins provided a major jumpstart to help establish the connection between obesity and insulin, and it is encouraging to see some major studies validate this approach. Unfortunately, Dr. Atkins didn’t take his program far enough as he labeled all carbohydrates as bad.

As most of you already know I happen to believe that vegetable carbohydrates are quite different than grains and as such do not need to be restricted to effectively reduce weight. When you understand nutritional typing it becomes obvious that some people indeed require up to two-thirds of their diet as vegetable carbohydrate. So these people are actually on a high-carbohydrate, but no-grain, no-sugar, diet.

This is their ideal fuel mixture and if they don’t receive it they will not burn calories effectively and will use the extra fat and protein and deposit it as fat in their bodies.

Fortunately, you can now assess your general nutritional type in my newest book: Dr. Mercola's Total Health Program. And, you’ll also get a full plan to start eating the right macronutrients--proteins, carbs and fats--for your individual type. This "masterwork" of my entire dietary and lifestyle program--the culmination of my last 20 years of work-- will give you everything you need to know to prevent disease, optimize weight, look younger, feel better, and live longer.

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