It's About Big Green (RANT)

The travesty of the American diet and the lies told by health officials and the government experts can be summed up by the increase of obesity over the last 30-40 yrs., which coincides with the low-fat, high-carb revolution.  Obesity was a non-issue in native populations and virtually any other society prior to the introduction of processed white flour, sugar, and rice.  In a metabolic sense, insulin is the mechanism by which fat is stored in our bodies; the lower your insulin in the blood, therefore, the less your body can hang onto that extra fat.  Contrary to what most people know, there is no dietary need for a person to ingest carbohydrates.  All energy and metabolic processes can be addressed through fat, protein, and low-carb veggies (leafy greens especially), while keeping insulin levels at a low key in the bloodstream.  Evidence for low-carb is everywhere, but anti-low-carb is not something that has direct scientific proof.  Many studies over the last 300 years have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of lowering carbohydrates to treat not only obesity but also its accompanying conditions:  high blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, and diabetes.  As Taubes states in Good Calories, Bad Calories:  why would a "cure" for such a debilitating condition be knowingly withheld from the public (and actually condemned in most circles as a crazy "fad diet")?  It would be akin to discovering a cure for cancer, HIV/AIDS, alcoholism, cigarette addiction, etc. and keeping it a complete secret.  The only reason I can think of is the root of all evil in our world today

...MONEY.

The sugar industry.  Big Pharma.  Most giant food producers.  GMO makers like Monsanto.  Soda companies.

These businesses not only direct a large part of our national economy but the political landscape as well.  Even the natural foods industry is laden with extra grain, sugar, and other processed products; shopping the outer edge of the store and avoiding the inner aisles is the only course of action to avoid these potentially deadly foods.  Even the big market of the diet industry would stand to lose billions of dollars if there was a simple dietary system to eliminate obesity.  If no one is "sick", why do you need the "medicine" in the first place (the same goes to Big Pharma)?  Openly acknowledging the existence of a "cure" for obesity would ruin most of the largest corporations in the United States AND change the growth and production of food forever!