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The entry on the carbohydrate myth doesn't actually address insulin resistance but instead veers off on a tangent about gluten. It also cites no references. Can you provide a better source?
The site is full of references. Try clicking around.

And insulin resistance is an issue if you're overweight. For a normal person it's a non-issue.

I did click around, a lot. There are indeed many references, especially on the supplements pages, but I couldn't find any external links about carbohydrates and insulin.

And, regarding "for a normal person it's a non-issue" – How do you think those overweight people got overweight? I was once at a healthy weight, but my terrible diet got me where I am today. If I'd eaten differently, I wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.

> And insulin resistance is an issue if you're overweight. For a normal person it's a non-issue.

68.5% of the US adult population is overweight [1], so even if it was only a problem for overweight people, in the US at least, overweight is normal. ("Normal" and "ideal" aren't the same thing.)

[1] Ogden C. L., Carroll, M. D., Kit, B.K., & Flegal K. M. (2014). Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, 2011-2012. Journal of the American Medical Association, 311(8), 806-814.

That's not true at all in my experience.
the site is full of references? How about the page and "Myth" in question?