““Does being “thin” ensure optimal “health”? No. It’s now well accepted that many lean individuals have the condition known as metabolic syndrome, which is a step along the progression from health to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and possibly Alzheimer’s disease as well. The likely scenario is that these individuals, despite being lean, have what’s called visceral fat—fat around the organs, and particularly the liver—and that this is exacerbating or causing the metabolic syndrome. The argument I’m making is that this visceral fat, too, is caused by the quality and quantity of the carbohydrates in the diet. 8.””
