Dr. Jason Fung
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So we know that, that's in print.
For sure, the American government said eat 55 to 60% carbs, eat less fat.
What happened is that, you know, in 1977, people ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
No snacks.
If you wanted an after-school snack, your mom said, no, you're going to ruin your dinner.
If you wanted a bedtime snack, your mom would say, no, you should eat more at dinner, right?
No problem.
But what happened is that as we started to eat sort of a lot of carbs, what happened is exactly as what we discussed before.
You eat two slices of bread in the morning with jam.
You have no satiety, insulin spikes way up, glucose spikes way up, but then it crashes.
So you get hungry again.
Then you get hungry at 10.30.
So you go around looking for a low-fat muffin.
And it was because, you know, your sugars are going down, your insulin is going down.
So now you're eating mid-morning snack.
Then you eat a big plate of pasta.
Then you get ravenous at like three o'clock.
So you go find yourself some crackers or something like that, right?
And then now you're having a mid-morning snack.
You're having mid-afternoon snack.