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Quote:Is Insulin Resistance Caused by Carbohydrates?
Although insulin resistance is mainly caused by hereditary genetic factors, there is no doubt that some carbohydrates (high-glycemic-index carbs) aggravate insulin insensitivity when eaten to excess.
(For example, see Carbs and Blood Glucose Levels and Effects of High GI Foods on Health).
However, there is no evidence to suggest either that all carbs aggravate insulin resistance, or that a carb-free diet leads to good health. Furthermore:
It is too simplistic to say that only carbohydrate in the diet stimulates insulin production. The truth is that all ingested foods stimulate the release of insulin.
It is not accurate to say that insulin stores fat only when high carb foods are eaten. The basic rule of human biochemistry is that food-energy (calories) is only stored as fat if too much food (from any source) is eaten. Meaning: if the body takes in less calories than it uses in a day, all those calories will be "burned" or used for energy. It does not matter what percentage of those calories came from fat, protein or carbohydrate. On the other hand, if the body takes in more calories than it burns, insulin will help to store those extra calories as fat. Again, it does not matter where the extra calories come from.
http://www.carbs-information.com/insulin-resistance-obesity-carbs.htm Quote:Is Insulin the Cause of Obesity
The idea that insulin is the sole (or even the major) cause of obesity is not supported by medical evidence. Obesity is an extremely complex issue. It has to do not only with excess consumption of calories and lack of exercise, but also genetics, psychological issues, social issues, medical problems, food-processing issues and many other cultural factors. However, the overconsumption of high-glycemic value foods (and high-fat fast-food) is a major cause of concern.
http://www.carbs-information.com/insulin-resistance-obesity-carbs.htm Update Feb. 9, 2012 page 139 from Good Carbs Bad Carbs ...When you overindulge on bad carbs, your body over-produces insulin in an effort to transport glucose into cells. Medically known as "hyperinsulinemia,"high concentrations of insulin trigger your body to create more fat cells. Another problem brought on by a diet high in bad carbs is "insulin resistance," in which insulin can't do its job of processing sugar and fats for energy. Consequently, your body starts storing mnore fat than is normal..." The above is an excerpt for info purposes from Maggie Greenwood-Robinson's Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs
Diet Calendar Entry for 03 May 2011:
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Fat: 23.15g | Prot: 63.02g | Carb: 179.74g.
Breakfast: Crispix Cereal, Natural Wheat Bread, Strawberries, soy protein powder, sucralose, distilled water, Psyllium husks, tea lipton, coffee, banana. Lunch: baby carrots, hard cooked egg, crystal farms light cheese stick, Psyllium husks, S'mores Protein Bar. Dinner: nutty oat bread, Psyllium husks, Fish Oil, yogurt activia light vanilla, Yam, veggie patty. Snacks/Other: orange. more...
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While I can't say that any one food stimulates insulin production any more than another, it is pretty common knowledge that foods that are over processed - like enriched flour - go immediately to blood sugar. Your body then has to work hard to absorb the excess and stores it as fat.
Over 90% of diabetic cases worldwide are type 2. Type 2 people will develop what is known as insulin resistance. This is not a true insulin deficiency. When this happens the levels of insulin in the blood are similar or even a little higher than in normal, non-diabetic bodies. The body's cells become resistant to the insulin almost like type 1 diabetes (where the body does not secrete any insulin), but what happens is that because the body is resistant to insulin the body over secretes insulin in order to try to feed its cells. This can apparently be compounded even farther by eating foods that are too easily processed into sugar. It can become an ever increasing cycle that can escalate out of control.
The main problem with Type 2 diabetes is that the cells respond sluggishly to the insulin and that means the cells cannot absorb the glucose molecules well. This makes blood sugar levels run higher than they should be. When the body can no longer get the energy from the glucose into the cells, the body stores the extra energy in fat cells. This is why diabetics tend to gain weight easily and find it difficult to lose it. Most of the time this condition will correct itself, but sometimes type 2 diabetics will have to have an insulin shot.
19 Sep 11 by member: DairyKing
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