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With all this discussion about refined sugars and carbohydrates you may be wondering if you should still be eating them, particularly as we are bombarded on a daily basis with conflicting opinions and information on what we should and should not be eating. First we are told that ‘fat is bad’, then it’s carbohydrates. What are we to do – not eat either? And how can we do that when we’ve been told that too much protein isn’t good for us either? It’s hardly surprising there are a lot of confused people.

What the headlines – and often the articles themselves – fail to explain is that there are good and bad fats, good and bad carbs, and good and bad proteins, all of which should ideally be eaten in balance with each other for optimum health. They also make an assumption that we are all the same, which is evidently not the case as each of us requires a different balance of nutrients to achieve good health. Take twins for example: they can have up to a twenty-fold difference in needs for some nutrients.¹ Imagine how different it could be between people who are not related!

To help you start to get to grips with some useful nutritional facts, this chapter looks at carbohydrates and fibre, the Glycemic Index, and then proteins. Lastly you’ll find out what proportions of carbs and protein you should eat to reverse Insulin Resistance.

There are two questionnaires to help you figure out what kind of carbs and proteins you are eating. The carbohydrate questionnaire is the first.