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No. It is pretty much impossible to overload your body's ability to absorb carbohydrates without a) exploding your stomach or b) you have some other health problem. By the time the food you eat gets to the bacteria, there are no sugar, fat or protein left. We absorb it all. We store extra of the first two and excrete the third (in a modified form) through urine.

Refined/processed food should be eaten in minimal quantities because it spikes blood sugar and causes insulin fatigue, which in the long run causes Type II diabetes.

And I'm in medical school, so yes, I do know what I'm talking about.

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>By the time the food you eat gets to the bacteria, there are no sugar, fat or protein left

You realize those bacteria are living off the fat, sugar and protein you consume right? They are essential to our ability to utilize the chemicals we get from these macro nutrients.

>Refined/processed food should be eaten in minimal quantities because it spikes blood sugar and causes insulin fatigue, which in the long run causes Type II diabetes. True, but this also an increasingly old school and one dimensional way of thinking about how type II develops. There are a host of genetic and environmental factors that effect an individual's response and eventual tolerance to insulin.

Sadly, being in med school does not guarantee you "know what you're talking about", in fact, even after you get to wear that white coat you'll probably realize you know way less than you could ever imagine. The perception that kind of attitude creates only narrows our minds and hurts our patients.

I'm done with med school.. and I realize on a daily basis I still have no clue what I'm talking about :)

Yeah your own submission says you're a clinical coordinator and in charge of "it stuff." You didn't go to medical school.

Stop calling them "our patients" and saying you are done with medical school. You submitted a post 227 days ago saying you worked in your dad's doctors office doing various IT tasks. Don't claim authority of passing four+ years of incredibly difficult schooling followed by several more years of intense residency. You don't deserve it so don't claim it.

> Refined/processed food should be eaten in minimal quantities because it spikes blood sugar and causes insulin fatigue, which in the long run causes Type II diabetes.

What precisely does refined/processed food mean, from a chemistry standpoint? Is there a particular common process that transforms my homegrown lettuce into "refined lettuce"?

The refining process breaks down complex carbs into simpler carbs.

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