What this implies is that people who produce more insulin in response to carbohydrates (a drink of glucose) are more likely to be heavier. In other words, there are genetic differences in people as to how much insulin they produce when eating carbs, so that people who produce more insulin are more likely to be heavier:
Saw this on a post by Nick Norwitz. He has more info on it.
This makes a lot of sense to me (which doesn’t mean it’s correct, though). While I think (other) hormones also play a role, if two people eat the same food and one produces more insulin, it seems that person is more likely to get heavier. NOTE: for the same calories. The same. The same. The same. Maybe calories aren’t the only thing that are important?
A random thought that bounces around in my head. If I were to take a culture of my own cells and grow a clone of myself, while that person would have the same basic genome, and the same underlying strengths and weaknesses in their genetic tendencies, they could be surprisingly different from me. Definitely socially, probably emotionally, and perhaps even physically or mentally. So many things happen to a person between gestation and geriatrics! If even a clone wouldn’t have the exact same responses, how could I expect anyone else’s responses to be identical to mine.
I think so too… There are way too many factors.
But when it’s not even the same person, it’s very very easy to get drastically different results, obviously.
We know that people responds different to certain items, many people say dairy or sweetener interferes with their fat-loss… No wonder higher-carb doesn’t give the same results for everyone. How could it?
If it’s just me, it’s easy why I lost on high-carb once and why I gained or maintained at other times. It was calories, mostly. BUT same calories, same activity, same person on pretty much a same diet… My body seem to function different NOW and maybe it’s not just being 10 years older. I have changed in various ways. Even the world around me changed and who knows, maybe that matters too… But it’s mostly me I suppose. The everchanging me…
Well of course, even our needs are drastically different… Even if the stats, activity, everything we can think about are the same, there are very individual factors, a bunch of them. Sleep, stress and even ones we can’t even see…
How do hormones interfere, by the way? I have read many times that they do and it makes sense even without knowing why but what does it actually do? The usual “the body rather stores the energy” isn’t good enough as it still need to power its functions but if it wants to store it, it probably manage to use less. I am curious how it is for normal people as I know that there are very unfortunate ones where for example, a tiny deficit triggers extreme energy sparing. So the body can decide how much energy to use to some extent. Mine is good at using more than needed, that’s why I don’t normally gain when overeating. We know that starvation slows down metabolism (usually, at least. there are exceptions for nearly everything), it makes perfect sense, we had much famine during human history and even before, we had to handle it (even if many animals can’t, I pity them).
Oh, lookint at the second article, they say what I tried, insulin interfered with the energy need…
So… Even if one doesn’t have a tiny deficit to begin with, the energy need can go down due to insulin and individual factors?! it’s horrible. One eats normal amounts and GAIN fat? Oh my. It would be good if those people would try low-carb to figure out how to get out of it then… It’s very bad, most people eat high-carb, it’s the norm! Yes I knew already that it’s a very bad fit for many of us but the ones who gain so easily on high-carb, they have it really bad. Even if they eat little, that probably means a nutrition deficient diet for many. Little food (especially for the ones with a small, not active body to begin with. their needs may be lower but not that lower), full with the usual carby items? Sounds very bad.
