Of you don’t want to eat breakfast, then don’t eat. There’s no point of eating lowfat 2% non-fat anything! Do you want the full fat.
So confused after 4 days
Diygurl19
(traci simpson)
#143
https://youtu.be/5IWNyOavbmM With regards to fasting in The beginning.
OgreZed
#144
This has always seemed counter-intuitive to me. Protein shouldn’t increase my blood sugars, so if it is causing insulin to be produced, the end result should be to drive my blood sugar down.
I have the same issue with people that claim artificial sugars, or even thinking about food, causes insulin to be produced. Again, if the activity isn’t raising blood sugars, the net effect would be to drive blood sugar down.
They would be a lot cheaper for a T2D that needs insulin to control blood sugars?
Ilana_Rose
(mole person)
#145
Remember protein stimulates two hormones that are counteractive with respect to blood glucose. It stimulates glucagon as well as insulin, and glucagon results in glucose production precicely because insulin is forcing glucose out of the blood and into the cells.
This is why type 1 diabetics do take insulin when they consume protein.
The average insulin responses of the three macronutrients are as follows:
20 grams of carbohydrates is equivalent to 35 grams of protein and 50 grams of fat. These are averages. Not all carbs are equivalent to each other and the same is true of the other macronutrients.
These have different mechanisms from both protein and each other. The cephalic response, the one to just thinking about or tasting food, is tiny. People make too big a deal about it. It’s just a priming of the system so that it’ll be immediately responsive to that first actual bit of food. After that the actual food is required for any significant insulin production.
Artificial sweeteners do not cause insulin to go up by themselves (assuming they don’t raise blood glucose)*. What they do however is cause a significant increase in the body’s insulin response to other calories. Unlike the cephalic response this is not a small effect.
*It should be noted that raising insulin does not seem to be the only way that non nutritive sweetners affect weight loss negatively. They seem to have independent effects on lipolosis, lipogenesis, and cellular glucose uptake. They are not rendered biologically neutral by virtue of not having calories.
gingersmommy
(Marianne)
#146
We buy the 74/16 full fat hamburger. My husband makes huge burgers (12 oz.?) because they shrink so much. I slap a piece of American cheese on them and add a dollup of bacon grease on top for added fat. Dinner will be one of those and some cole slaw with mayo. Delicious, filling - and so satisfying!
Sugar is pure carbs, which you need to keep as low under 20 g/day as possible from your other food. Fruit has a lot of carbs (natural sugars), although there are some you can have. If it is sweet, chances are you shouldn’t have it or should limit it very much. Try not to use artificial sweeteners.
