Fat does not make you fat. Uncontrolled insulin by eating excessive carbohydrate does.

 **Excessive Carbohydrates=bread (all types),anything with sugar!!!(fructose,glucose,fruit juice,sucrose),granola bars, almost all cereals,etc... These all spike an insulin response.

"Controlling insulin is the key to fat loss."

"In the two week boot camp [basically the start of your new life with Paleo] sugar is eliminated which is also in fruit remember! [So that does mean the fruit is out for the first 14 days of completely clean eating.]  After the two weeks, we reintroduce low glycemic index fruits like blueberries, raspberries and blackberries," explains McGuirt.  "These fruits have a low effect on insulin.  Controlling insulin is the key to fat loss."  

 

"So why would we want to be on a diet like Atkins, when studies show it only worked for a little while? With the Atkins plan most people did the introduction phase but [the difference between the two is] Atkins did not go to the next phases which are adding in fresh vegetable, fruits and nuts."

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