Calculating the insulin load of foods

[collaroygal]

Putting this info in here so I can easily find it again. It is an interesting exercise in understanding your insulin.

The “Insulin Load” of any given food is calculated as follows:
Insulin Load = Carbohydrates(g) – Fibre(g) + [.56 x Protein(g)]

Insulin load is explained here:

food insulin index

Dr. Phinney in The Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Living, The Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance says a load of 125g. will result in reaching the ketogenic threshold, but some people have found 75g (as per some Paleo oriented scientists feel) is the threshold. This is probably due to the amount of damage you have already done to your body.

[lfod14]

I’d argue that insulin can’t be calculated using that or any other equation. How much insulin “I” release over a food I eat vs somebody that’s not/more/less insulin resistant changes it completely. Glycemic index is pretty constant, how your body reacts with insulin is very bio individual.

[collaroygal]

At least it tells you what ball park you are playing in I find it helpful to determine what foods I can or can not add to my foods listing. YMMV as always.

[Dr.Ben.PhD]

The correlation between carbohydrate content and insulin is relatively low (23%).

https://idmprogram.com/insulin-index/