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From: Lemon1
Subject: Nutrition
Date/Time 2006-11-26 19:30:27
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Anyone with a better understanding of the subject, or who can explain it better, please jump in and correct me if I've got this wrong...
Stable blood sugar means not so much insulin being dumped into the bloodstream; fat is only moved into storage in the presence of insulin.(Low insulin = relatively high glucagon, which is the hormone which helps you burn calories faster). Insulin levels high = larger portion of nutrients being moved into fat storage cells.
But the "real" problem is the pattern being repeated over and over. When blood sugar slumps because of an insulin spike (ie, your pancreas dump an 'emergency' load of insulin into the bloodstream, and the consequent overcorrection leaves your blood sugar lower than it should be)...you feel tired and hungry, and you 'want' to eat to fix the feeling. This leads to consuming calories you don't need (even when your stomach is 'full'), and you are back on the weight gain roller coaster.
Individuals are different. Insulin sensivitity varies widely from person to person, and the carb/consumption habits that work for one person may well make another person gain fat like a feedlot swine. So do base metabolism levels (affected by things like your thyroid). It's all pretty complex...so from my perspective, the only real solution is to answer the question: "How can I keep my feelings of satiation and feeling "full" lasting as long as possible, and on as few calories as possible, and how can I get the maximum nutritional bang and emotional enjoyment out of the calories I consume?"
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