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Carbohydrates-One of Three Macronutrients

Filed Under: Healing from Plants, Plant Foods

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The Authors: Kshirsagar, Barnard, Minich

Part 2 of a series of posts on carbohydrates and diet.

Losing weight and detoxifying are two components of health management provided by these three authors whose area of expertise is diet. Each author discusses the three life-giving components—proteins, fats and carbohydrates—but each has a particular view of the role of carbohydrates. All three authors convince their readers that whole food carbohydrates are excellent foods and are needed to achieve and maintain optimal health.

More specifically, the role of carbohydrates in weight loss and detox changes the diet and accounts for differences in approach. As this very much-maligned food source is examined, a controversy looms in alternative health books, allowing readers to choose a method which suits them best.

Kshirsagar and Barnard, both medical doctors, advocate unique approaches to weight loss because they view carbohydrates slightly differently; they also maintain opposing views about fats.

Guiding the reader towards a mind-body approach to diet, Deanna Minich, PhD. offers a behavior-oriented concept to detoxify and re-orient the whole person towards radiant health.

In later posts, there are more lifestyle, herbal, and nutritional approaches from 6 more distinctive authors.

Dr. Neal Barnard’s program

Dr. Suhad Khirsagar’s diet

Deanna Minich, PhD’s Full-Spectrum plan

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