Fat causes insulin resistance

(Brian) #21

I suspect that’s a familiar story here.

I knew there was something wrong long before I had any kind of a solution. I kept trying to refine the direction I was already going (“good carbs”) and it just wasn’t working for me. I ate a lot of what I thought were really healthy carbs. (Thanks for the brainwashing, Dr. McDougall. UUGGHH!!!)

Never did have the heart attack or stroke but figure I was headed in that direction. Never did develop full T2D but was also headed in that direction, too. BMI was around 41 and climbing. HAD to do something or I wasn’t gonna be around much longer, I could feel it. Being at a point like that allowed me to wake up and explore possibilities I wouldn’t have previously… like maybe fat wasn’t the evil it was purported to be. And maybe vegetarianism or veganism wasn’t the ticket to being a healthy 120 year old. (Yes, I’ve heard people say such things.)

Anyway, glad to finally be finding some health again. And glad I wasn’t farther gone than I was. I know there was damage that will never heal. (Can’t grow back teeth, for instance.) But I’m feeling alive again, which means a whole lot!

(Alec) #22

Brian
I can so relate to that. Exactly what I felt. I got to 50, and a couple of people around me had heart attacks, and one of them died. It was tragic. Mum of 2, and she was a close work colleague. I said to myself “enough is enough”, things have to change, I have to lose this weight or I am going to die sooner rather than later.

12 months later, minus 35kg, feeling fantastic, running much quicker than before, and providing an example to quite a few people from all accounts.

(charlie3) #23

I’ve listened to many many presentations by keto researchers and have yet to notice any of them respond to the fat causes insulin resistance idea. I wish that would happen.

(Chris) #24

It’s funny. Fat only treats the symptom, because if you add carbs back in, the issues all come back.

Seems like it worked itself out in my case.

(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) #25

I’m not a Facebooker, so Facebook won’t let me read the post, but I did manage to see that this guy mentions the movie “What the Health.” There is at least one thread on these forums about that film, and a number of major figures in the keto world have spent some time debunking it, with references to scientific studies. It is basically vegan propaganda that blames all the world’s ills on eating animals.

(less is more, more or less) #26

Perhaps this was already posted there, but it’s a fun (but serious) reaction to “What the Health."

(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) #27

Here’s @richard’s reaction, from one of the threads I was thinking about. If this link doesn’t take you right to his post, it’s number 36 in the thread. As usual with his posts, it is well worth a read.

(Adam Kirby) #28

Well there’s almost no protein in a potato, so you’ll have to cannibalize your own lean tissues for essential amino acids. Which is why the spud fit guy looked emaciated to me at the end of his experiment. If you’re going to do a mono diet it’d better be eggs or meat.