Insulin: An Undeserved Bad Reputation, Part 5: Addressing the Critics


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August Pamplona
12 years ago

Minor editing issue.

Where you write that “Another study found a weak relationship between the glycemic response of a breakfast and energy intake and lunch, but no relationship between the…” I suspect you meant to write ” Another study found a weak relationship between the glycemic response of a breakfast and energy intake at lunch, but no relationship between the…”

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Vik
12 years ago

I have hypoglycemia, and I learned alot from your articles. I understand the high blood sugar article. But, I have hypoglycemia, how does insulin affect this? I don’t understand. Is to much insulin not allowing a hypoglycemic to store sugar, or is it not allowing the liver to make glucose? If I eat fruit, I get shaky not long after. What’s going on in this situation? Please help !

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12 years ago
Reply to  James Krieger

I have hyperparathyroidism, which my blood calcium levels are going really high because one of my parathyroids has an adenoma. I’m not sure if the calcium is causing insulin resistance, or to much insulin. It’s really hard and all the doctors pass me around because its hard to find a specialist of the parathyroids. Tough times. By the way, I’d like to thank you for putting this info out there. I’m learning alot about the body !

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Sabine
13 years ago

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2072-6643%2F5%2F1%2F23%2Fpdf&ei=f3dOUe3bL6KnigK6kYGoAw&usg=AFQjCNH_pP2mHZl8eal-NUGtvQM_WQIv8g&sig2=g3ftkVjERtVR1zA9Uw53oQ&bvm=bv.44158598,d.cGE You probably know this one, as you read every study out there. http://www.nutritionj.com/content/pdf/1475-2891-11-83.pdf Traditionally, people used to eat high fat dairy. They gave the rest to their pigs, to fatten them up! (I would not touch skim milk.) The next one is about the effect of fermentation, presumably. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/74/1/96.full http://nutricore.com.br/app/webroot/img/bibliotecas/LEITE%20E%20ELEVA+%E7+%E2O%20P+%F4S%20PRANDIAL%20DE%20INSULINA.pdf You probably know this one too. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/74/1/96.full.pdf And this: Favour highfat and fermented dairy with no added sugar: http://www.lipidworld.com/content/6/1/25 http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/82/1/69.full (milk proteins suppress glycemia according to their interpretation)???<For how long? But, as they said, the blood sugars were suppressed way into the day after a whey breakfast. Chris Masterjohn… Read more »

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Sabine
13 years ago
Reply to  James Krieger

Sigh! I am sorry to not have the time to continue with this discussion. I find that the issues are being treated in a very reductionist manner when it is a complex issue. It does not suffice to destroy someone else’s hypothesis, you then have to go on to explain what is happening in all its complexity. Our “diabetes genes” get turned on by starvation/malnutrition (ours, our parents’, our grandparents’, our great-grandparents’). Social injustice, environmental degradation, political unrest, and other factors are at play here. They need to be addressed to address some of the roots of the problem. (This… Read more »

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