Also, the sympathetic activation have been linked in several studies to obesity, hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes, and even atherosclerosis (5, 6, 7)
If the above studies are right, continuing to give support to high carbohydrate diets is both a wrong choice as well a bad advice.
Carlos Monteiro
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4) Tentolouris N, Tsigos D, Perea E et al. Differential effect of high-fat and high carbohydrate isoenergetic meals on cardiac autonomic nervous system activity in lean and obese women. Metabolism 2003; 52: 1426-32
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6) Carlos ETB Monteiro, Acidic environment evoked by chronic stress: A novel mechanism to explain atherogenesis. Available from Infarct Combat Project, January 28, 2008 at http://www.infarctcombat.org/AcidityTheory.pdf
7) Book "Acidity Theory of Atherosclerosis: New Evidences", 2012, Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/7KK4a78
