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"Diabetes is now an epidemic. One of the main causes of diabetes is carbohydrates, especially the useless kind (sugar, white flour) and consuming carbohydrates when not burning them off with exersize. Carbs are the one thing that sends my blood sugar through the roof."

Simple carbs such as refined flour and refined sugar are indeed bad.

"For several hundred thousand years, hominids ate mostly fat and protien."

Actually, hominids ate mainly protein, fat and vegetables (and fruits). Atkins leaves out the veggie part in his "history lesson" because it doesn't jibed hat well with his overall approach.

"Then agriculture came and grains were grown in abundance. The body was not built for this new dietary source. Granted that it can be healthy if eaten right (not processed flour) and you exercise the carbs off, but fast food carbs and sitting around is a grreat combination for diabetes."

There is a significant difference between refined grains and whole grains, including how your body metabolizes them. Agreed too that fast food is just bad for you overall and that a sedentary fast food lifestyle points towards diabetes in many.