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Originally Posted by Alan Aragon
If you could keep your blood sugar & insulin levels chronically elevated, you'd actually have LESS hunger.
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I don't know the science well enough to do other than to trust you on that (esp. since I know you
do know the science) -- but my best understanding from reading Richard Bernstein & others involved in diabetes prevention & care is that in recompense for my reduced hunger, I'd also be encouraging the swifter progress of diabetic complications.
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Your improved appetite profile is likely a function of an increase in protein and/or fiber, rather than an overall decrease in carbohydrate.
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Could be so -- I eat nonstarchy veggies up the ying-yang, with plenty of fiber, & probably my protein intake has increase as well from what I used to eat before I paid any particular attention to it. When I ate moderate carbs (~100-125g/day), I had no problems, as long as I steered clear of the refined carbs that used to be a staple with me -- my old vending machine & junk food diet, which has no sticking power.
Maybe I'm making the error of summing up into one changed variable what is in fact several changed variables: I not only have lowered carbs (esp. the refined kind), but also increased protein, increased nonstarchy veggies (& hence fiber), & increased the better classes of dietary fats. I do know that at present, if I eat too large a carbload in one meal (over about 35g), I get a blood sugar spike -- but even so I can't claim that's led to weirdnesses with my own appetite.
Anecdotally, I've heard from plenty of people who have big issues with carb cravings following very closely on high-carb meals. How would you explain that? That they weren't eating enough protein/fiber with those meals? These are people who are insulin resistant (many of them diabetic) who now tend to avoid high-carb meals mostly because of blood sugar fluctuations, but many still struggle a lot with carb cravings.
Thanks for any input.
-- Mel