With reference to our discussion on carbohydrates and male fertility here; a 2019 study found that 42% of carbohydrates consumed came from refined sources like white flour and sugar, while less than 9% of carbohydrates came from whole foods. Today, we’re eating processed carbs five times more than natural ones. In addition, dietary fat intake has plummeted by 41% over the almost twenty years from 1980.
Our standard diet—heavy in refined carbs, industrial fats, and low in high-quality protein—creates a perfect storm of metabolic dysfunction, with high sugar consumption expanding both the belly, inflaming tissue and damaging DNA.