11 Things People Think Are Awful For Your Diet That Actually Aren't

By ERIN BRODWIN, BUSINESS INSIDER

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1. Fatty foods

Carbs make you fat. When your glucose levels rise, your body makes more insulin, which causes several responses. First, your cells stop burning fat and switch exclusively to burning glucose. Second, your liver stores more glucose as glycogen. Third, your fat cells store more fat. If your fat cells are storing fat, you get fat.

2. Gluten

It's not gluten that causing problems; it's glyphosate.

8. GMOs

The biggest problem with GMOs is that they are engineered to be highly tolerant of glyphosate, a known carcinogen.

10. All carbs

All carbs do contribute to obesity. See #1 above.

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