God created a beautiful garden in which grew a dazzling array of nutrient-dense fruits, vegetables, and healthy seeds of all kinds. There were no cupcakes or Twinkies, milkshakes or Capn Crunch Cereal.
Fast forward to the US in the 1920s. As it became more industrialized and sugar factories began to expand their production, and as flour mills began to bleach their flour due to consumer demand, a fascinating phenomenon began to occur. Highly documented by Dr. Atkins in his celebrated research, incidents of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and numerous conditions related to obesity began to surface.
Our diets are now filled with too many nutrition-less carbs, too many sugars, and too little proteins, fibers, antioxidants, vitamins and essential minerals. This leads us to the main tenet of the Fit Transition Program: Nutrition isn’t 50% of the battle – it’s actually more like 75%!
