Not exact matches
Sucrose is made up of glucose and fructose and it has been shown that diets
very high in sucrose or fructose (~ 60 - 70 % by energy) can induce hypertriglyceridemia,
insulin resistance and fatty liver.
In this study, men with
very LBW had
higher levels of glucose, lower levels of
insulin and reduced β - cell function compared with women with comparable
insulin resistance.
This is also true in females, suggesting that this gene can be
very important in actually regulating body weight, but also these animals were shown to be highly
insulin - sensitive, and have no
insulin resistance on a
high - fat diet.
Left out of the equation however, is the fact that fructose — including that from fruit — is also
very detrimental, health-wise, to anyone who struggles with
insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, diabetes,
high blood pressure or
high cholesterol; all of which typically go hand in hand with obesity and overweight...
If the body did not develop
resistance to
insulin, the
high levels of
insulin would rapidly lead to
very,
very low blood sugars.
Because
insulin resistance leads to
very high insulin levels.
And
very little carbs in the morning when
insulin resistance is at its
highest of the day.
If the
insulin resistance is now driving the
high insulin levels, even dietary changes may have a
very modest effect on reducing the
insulin levels.
We must create recurrent periods of
very low
insulin levels, since
resistance depends on persistent,
high levels.
Touching on these ideas even at the
very highest level raises questions about a bunch of other topics, such as simple carbs versus complex carbs, glucose,
insulin sensitivity and
insulin resistance, fasting, the gut microbiome, and even conditions such as diabetes and cancer.
The
higher my fat intake, the slimmer I get and I don't eat this way for weight reasons but because of my severe
insulin resistance which means I'm
very intolerant of carbohydrate.
In addition, we also know that
very high cortisol levels lead to muscle loss, increased fat storage, loss of bone mass, depression, hypertension,
insulin resistance (the cells in the body lose the ability to accept
insulin), and lower growth hormone and testosterone production.
Little argument is given about the detrimental effects of eating «safe starches» and glucose spikes on raising
insulin, and resultant
insulin resistance, with the exception of the (
very poor) study that compared people eating a standard American diet to those eating a controlled,
very high fiber (22 tablespoons!)
Cortisol is a big cause of
insulin resistance, so having chronically
high levels is
very bad for acne.
Fructose does not have a
very high glycemic index, but it can still create
insulin resistance.
Achieving ketosis by engaging in a
very low - carbohydrate,
high - fat lifestyle is an effective means of losing weight, breaking
insulin and leptin
resistance, reversing type 2 diabetes and fatty liver, reducing blood pressure, reversing the inflammation of visceral fat, and may even cause partial or total remission of selected cancers.
Ketogenic diets focus on
high amounts of fat in the diet, including saturated fats, along with
very restricted amounts of carbohydrates, in order to create ketones that bypass
insulin resistance in brain cells and energize their metabolic functions in lieu of glucose.
Recent evolutionary history of cats parallels that of modern human populations, particularly the recently urbanized indigenous populations that have
very high incidences of
insulin resistance and diabetes.
It
very well may be true that sugar and
high - fructose corn syrup, because of the unique way in which we metabolize fructose and at the levels we now consume it, cause fat to accumulate in our livers followed by
insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, and so trigger the process that leads to heart disease, diabetes and obesity.