Dear Mr. Alec Baldwin,

Greetings again from The Paleo Garden! In the previous invitations, we realized that we neglected to give some directions as to how to get to the party.

Our bodies for millions of years evolved to eat more or less a balanced ratio of the 3 macronutrients:

-Carbohydrate
-Fat
-Protein

A researcher by the name of Loren Cordain has shown that by looking at archeological records of ancient hunter and gatherer societies as well as modern hunter and gatherer societies, our bodies were not designed to take in such a high percentage of sugar (sucrose and/or fructose) and other carbohydrates from grains and starches.

When carbohydrates are ingested they become glucose in your blood stream (e.g., blood sugar). This causes your insulin levels to spike. Insulin is a hormone that tells your cells to stop releasing fat, and to take in glucose.

With high levels of carbohydrates in your diet, your pancreas is signaled to excrete high levels of insulin, with high levels of insulin, you have no release of fat to use as energy. Instead, your cells only take in and “burn” glucose.

When your muscle and organ tissues are gorged with glucose, your fat cells continue to accept the glucose and become bigger and bigger. Your body has to store all of the excess blood sugar/glucose somewhere.

People become obese and succumb to metabolic syndrome not because of the fat and protein that they eat, they become obese because of:

-High levels of carbohydrates in their diet that turn into glucose which triggers the production of insulin
-Insulin prevents your body from utilizing energy from fat and signals your cells to just intake glucose
-Excess glucose (blood sugar) is stored as fat. Fat can’t be tapped with high levels of glucose and insulin in your blood stream
-Over time, these high levels of insulin cause obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes, as your fat continues to grow

One of the best essays you can read on this subject is Art De Vany’s “Why We Get Fat.”

Here are some pictures from members in this paleo community here, here, and here. These results came from lowering carbohydrate intake, which lowered glucose in the bloodstream, which lowered insulin secretion, and thus increased the ability to utilize stored fat.

Mr. Baldwin, these are but our interpretations of these directions on how to get to this party, which rests on the shoulders of giants and those that came before us. There is some great research out there and other practitioners who may also lead you here. Again, thank you for your consideration of this invitation, we hope to see you at the garden party. The favor of an RSVP is requested.

Best Regards,

The Paleo Garden  

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