Western Diet

The article claims traditional Mediterranean diets avoid many disruptive Western inputs because of local, minimally processed food supplies. The article says processed Western foods drive insulin dysregulation because of rancid fats, added sugar, additives, and refined carbohydrates. The article says Western processed foods contain added sugars, artificial additives, and refined carbohydrates. The article says these Western diet substances are metabolically disruptive compared with whole foods. The article says Western dietary fats and oils are commonly industrially processed into metabolically disruptive forms.