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There's a theory that the difference you're seeing is insulin tolerance. In your case, you're fat cells listen to the insulin and you gain weight. In your wif
by reedjosh 5y ago
There's a theory that the difference you're seeing is insulin tolerance.
In your case, you're fat cells listen to the insulin and you gain weight.
In your wife's case, her blood sugar probably runs higher as her fat cells aren't taking the excess.
Getting fat acts as a sort of protection. You may be overweight, but healthier than a thin person eating junk.
- foobiekr 5y agoTotally, I accept this is true, but it’s possible imho that gut biome influences this. There’s also the fat distribution question. I often wonder about differences in visceral fat.
- reedjosh 5y agoYeah, it's definitely possible too. Could be that it affects digestive glycemic index.
- Seich 5y agoDo you have a source you can share for that? I’d love to read up on it. A cursory google search didn’t reveal much.
- reedjosh 5y agoUnfortunately, no. It was a theory put forth by a researcher on a podcast. It makes complete sense to me, but I don't know how you'd even design an experiment for this. Maybe continues glucose monitoring along with identical diets for people of various body fat percentages?
- tomasdore 5y agoMaybe it's this? Peter Attia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3oI104STzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3oI104STzs especially from 8:45 when he talks of the people who stay thin (which is worse for them, if they actually are insulin resistant)
- reedjosh 5y agoBlam, that's the podcast I was thinking about, but wow, great digging!