If you want to lose weight fast, go on a high protein, low carb diet. The pounds melt off.
Low-Carb Diet Can Cure Type-2 Diabetes
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I'm not a fan of James Krieger, who got owned by Ralph Carpinelli for his faulty meta-analysis on exercise. Therefore, I'm disinclined to use or regard him as a reference. However, let's look at the issue from another angle. You already agree that undesirable weight gain is the result of eating too much (calories in vs. calories out). Simple carbs do not satisfy hunger for long.
In fact, when the fad several years ago was to avoid fats at all costs, most people turned to carbs, and usually the bad kind. So they kept eating and got fat. As macronutrients go, fat and protein curb hunger nicely. So do good carbs, because of the naturally-occurring fiber content. But bad carbs - simple carbs like sugar, refined flour and so on - don't satisfy for any meaningful length of time. And so you'll be back scavenging in the kitchen sooner. And you will overeat. So whether or not you agree that insulin spikes are good or bad (I don't think they're good), the foods that cause them are also the ones that cause you to overeat. Therefore, we should at least arrive at the same practical conclusion from different directions.
And here's something else to keep in mind for anyone wishing to lose weight: avoid foods high in both sugar and fat:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-sugar-and-fat-trick-the-brain-into-wanting-more-food/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/food-cravings-engineered-by-industry-1.1395225
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-sugar-and-fat-trick-the-brain-into-wanting-more-food/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/food-cravings-engineered-by-industry-1.1395225
I don't think that we can avoid insulin spikes after a meal, unless you cut out all carbs and all proteins. Not many people will be willing to do so. So it becomes important that the body responds properly to these insulin spikes. In other words: that it is sensitive to insulin. Going back to the starting point of this thread: type 2 diabetes patients often don't have sufficient insulin sensitivity. Improving their insulin sensitivity is an important tool to help them overcome the type 2 diabetes.
Please note that I distinguish between normal insulin release and insulin spikes, the latter of which are marked increases brought about by unfortunate food choices. Fat, protein and carbs all cause a release of insulin albeit in differing amounts. It is high-glycemic carbs (generally those with little or no fiber) that cause the most rapid and significant rise in blood sugar and, therefore, insulin: the spike. Let us not be too ham-handed about the distinction.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/
Absolutely. By definition.
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At best, I'm assuming you are referring to bread made with refined flour where most of the fiber has been removed. Is there a lesson for me here?
I'm not sure about the word "cure" though. Even though insulin sensitivity may be heightened, I'm not sure it gets backs to a level that would indicate cured. If a person were to do this for a year and the do a glucose test and be back to normal within 2 to 3 hours, I would agree that they had been cured. Is there any info about that? --This seems to be more about controlling glucose and improving to be sure.When type-2 diabetes patients follow a low carbohydrate diet for a year, they lose an average of 13 kilos (28 lbs), increase their insulin sensitivity and drastically reduce their use of medicines. After that year may sometimes even completely abandon their medication. American researchers report this in Diabetes Therapy.
Study
The researchers collected a group of 349 people with type-2 diabetes. The study participants were allowed to choose their treatment: Usual Care [nothing special], or Continuous Care Intervention [a year-long low carbohydrate diet].
Results
Although the study participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted, the typical low-carbohydrate participant lost about 13 kilos of body weight. Because the subjects weighed 116 kilos on average before the diet began, this weight reduction was not enough to achieve a healthy weight. But with weight loss of this order, you can expect diabetics to significantly reduce their use of medicine. [PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e32395.]
The low-carbohydrate diet reduced the HbA1c concentration in the subjects' blood. The lower this value, the greater the sensitivity to insulin.
In the subjects in the control group, the sensitivity to insulin did not improve.
As you would expect with such nice results, most participants in the low-carbohydrate group were able reduce their medication use. This also happened with the diabetics who had to use insulin.
Conclusion
"This study demonstrated that a type-2 diabetes intervention combining technology-enabled continuous remote care with individualized care plans encouraging nutritional ketosis can significantly reduce HbA1c, medication use, and weight within 70 days, and that these outcomes can be maintained or improved through 1 year", the researchers noted.
"Most intervention participants [..] reported at 1 year achieved glycemic control in the sub-diabetes range with either no medication or the use of metformin alone. Related health parameters improved including blood pressure, lipid-lipoprotein profile, inflammation, and liver function."
"Ongoing research will determine the continued sustainability, effectiveness, and safety of these behavioral and metabolic changes."
Source: Diabetes Ther. 2018 Feb 7. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0373-9.
It is my view that most people need to be on Metformin, whether or not they have diabetes, to control blood sugar spikes and the liver's release of sugar. These can cause cardiovascular ( and other) complications.
Correct. However the brain functions better on carbs.