Way too limited. It's not the sugar, specifically. It's the foods you eat that convert to glucose to burn. If you are a long distance runner every day, eat what you want, you'll burn it off. If not, a calorie is not a calorie. Who here thinks if you only eat 800 calories of pasta a day, you'll lose weight or keep your blood sugar level? …
Way too limited. It's not the sugar, specifically. It's the foods you eat that convert to glucose to burn. If you are a long distance runner every day, eat what you want, you'll burn it off. If not, a calorie is not a calorie. Who here thinks if you only eat 800 calories of pasta a day, you'll lose weight or keep your blood sugar level? It's not sugar, after all. But a simple carb calorie is not a complex carb calorie is not a fat calorie is not a protein calorie. Each body reacts differently to each of these and to different foods within each of those (honey is not like high fructose corn syrup, don't let anyone tell you different)
Very little is "easy". Most things are varying levels of complicated. Find what works for your own body (the generic you), and start there. I know my good place is Protein and veggie carbs. But that doesn't make it "easy".
True, but in general., avoiding "sugar" (simple carbs) is a great start.
You're absolutely correct - 800 cals of pasta is not the same as 800 cals of protein and fat. Calories are not the cause of diabetes. Prolonged over consumption of insulin raising food is, because diabetes is caused by insulin resistance.
As you probably know, certain foods are highly insulin stimulating, e.g. sugar, fructose, certain starchy carbs.
The medical establishment starts from an incorrect assumption, in that high blood glucose (sugar) is due to insufficient insulin production. So they prescribe more insulin.
But treating insulin resistance by adding more insulin assures that the patient will get even more insulin resistant.
What most lay persons don't know is that everytime you eat, your body immediately stops burning calories, and starts storing fat due to the body's production of insulin hormone.
Some foods are worse (more stimulating than others.)
I eat a very low carbohydrate diet, with meals well-spaced out in order to let my insulin levels fall between meals.
Exercise is great because it can burn the glucose in your blood, which eventually decreased your insulin resistance.
Way too limited. It's not the sugar, specifically. It's the foods you eat that convert to glucose to burn. If you are a long distance runner every day, eat what you want, you'll burn it off. If not, a calorie is not a calorie. Who here thinks if you only eat 800 calories of pasta a day, you'll lose weight or keep your blood sugar level? It's not sugar, after all. But a simple carb calorie is not a complex carb calorie is not a fat calorie is not a protein calorie. Each body reacts differently to each of these and to different foods within each of those (honey is not like high fructose corn syrup, don't let anyone tell you different)
Very little is "easy". Most things are varying levels of complicated. Find what works for your own body (the generic you), and start there. I know my good place is Protein and veggie carbs. But that doesn't make it "easy".
True, but in general., avoiding "sugar" (simple carbs) is a great start.
You're absolutely correct - 800 cals of pasta is not the same as 800 cals of protein and fat. Calories are not the cause of diabetes. Prolonged over consumption of insulin raising food is, because diabetes is caused by insulin resistance.
As you probably know, certain foods are highly insulin stimulating, e.g. sugar, fructose, certain starchy carbs.
The medical establishment starts from an incorrect assumption, in that high blood glucose (sugar) is due to insufficient insulin production. So they prescribe more insulin.
But treating insulin resistance by adding more insulin assures that the patient will get even more insulin resistant.
What most lay persons don't know is that everytime you eat, your body immediately stops burning calories, and starts storing fat due to the body's production of insulin hormone.
Some foods are worse (more stimulating than others.)
I eat a very low carbohydrate diet, with meals well-spaced out in order to let my insulin levels fall between meals.
Exercise is great because it can burn the glucose in your blood, which eventually decreased your insulin resistance.