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Re: your comment on HbA1c, I will just leave this paper here and comment later. "A Simple Meal Plan of 'Eating Vegetable Before Carbohydrate' Was More Effectiv

• dlo 11y ago
  Statement: “... slow or fast, your body still had to break down and consume that burger.” Response: You are saying that the digestion rate of the burger doesn’t matter, because the entire burger is still processed by the body. But the way your body processes the burger is different depending on the digestion rate. A couple of things can happen after a given amount of glucose enters the digestive system. Consider when the digestive system releases the glucose into the blood rapidly, much more rapidly than cells are able to absorb it. The pancreas releases a lot of insulin. Muscle and fat cells both significantly increase their blood glucose absorption rate. Alternatively, consider when the digestive system releases the glucose into the blood gradually. Cells are able to absorb more of the blood glucose as it is coming in, so blood glucose levels do not rise as much. There is some insulin signaling, but there is less of it. High-need muscle cells already have increased their blood glucose absorption rate due to increased energy requirements, while insulin signaling to fat cells is minimized. In the alternate scenario, high-need cells muscle cells, while fat cell growth is limited. Statement: "not eat the burger in the first place." Cutting out something I like is not a sustainable way to eat healthily. Food intake is not just regulated by energy homeostasis; the reward system, e.g. the mesolimbic pathway, is also potent. Statement: "improve your insulin resistance/glucose tolerance" Agreed. There are two ways to avoid excessive insulin signaling. One, you can decrease the rate at which glucose enters the blood. Two, you can increase the rate at which glucose leaves the blood. My article talks about one, and you seem to be an advocate for increasing insulin sensitivity, which is advocating for two. I think most people should do both.