Steven Bartlett with Dr David Unwin
Millions are sleepwalking into a metabolic disaster caused by hidden sugars in everyday starchy carbohydrates. By redefining what counts as sugar, you can reclaim your healthspan and reverse chronic disease.
Everyday starchy foods like bread, rice, and potatoes are rapidly converted into glucose by the body, meaning they are functionally equivalent to eating pure sugar.
Excessive glucose consumption forces the hormone insulin to pack surplus energy into the liver as fat, which eventually causes insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Traditional medical advice to simply eat less and exercise more routinely fails because high-carbohydrate diets trigger biological hunger and trap patients in a cycle of addiction and fatigue.