I appreciated your analysis. I’m someone who’s been researching for my own health for the past decade. I’ve tried all sorts of approaches to insulin resistance. For me, low carb, low-med fat and protein, lots of non starchy veg puts me into insulin sensitivity.
I think the problem for many is the combining of carbs and fats which causes issue. Also many people like myself with autoimmunity are highly sensitive to many carb based foods which are high in lectins such as legumes etc. (even though I love them, my gut doesn’t).
I have tried a high fruit and starch, low fat diet previously (.medical medium) and was surprised to see insulin not being affected, however it was making me sicker and without animal protein and more fat, my brain was not functioning.
It goes to show we are all so different, and we all have different sensitivities - so one immune system will react to a certain food in a positive way; while another will collapse from it. Most people with diabetes also have other comorbidities,,and would undoubtedly have a huge variety of sensitivities which would affect how good affects their systems.
Another point regarding the studies mentioned could be the type of fats, particularly hydrogenated vegetable oils and their association to insulin resistance and health in general. There’s a lot to be said about the types and quality of foods eaten.
It’s certainly a complex, no one size fits all, subject. But it’s been good to read all of your information thank you
Thanks for reading with an open mind. You are correct that diets high in BOTH carbohydrates and fats are really problematic; it's interesting to ponder the fact that no food found in nature, except mothers' milk, is rich in both carbohydrate and fat.
The notion than lectins cause gut problems is simply untrue, as I've discussed in a previous article (https://empowertotalhealth.com.au/new-paleo-or-true-paleo/). You may have digestive discomfort if your gut microbiome is not diverse enough to efficiently handle microbiota-accessible carbohydrates found in legumes, but this problem can be solved by introducing these foods very gradually, which allows gut bacteria to adapt.
The Medical Medium's dietary advice is terrible, IMHO, and I'm not surprised you felt poorly on it. That isn't because you weren't eating animal protein or fat, but because it's a nutritionally inadequate diet.
The answer to food sensitivities is to cultivate a healthy, diverse gut microbiome, and the American Gut Project demonstrated that the single most important factor in doing so is to eat a diverse array of plant foods, from all the different categories (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, herbs and spices). Those who ate 30 or more different plant foods in a week had the most diverse, health-promoting gut microbiomes. Stay tuned for Part 6 of this series, in which I'll be covering the research on the effect of ketogenic diets on the gut microbiome.
Hydrogenation of vegetable oils effectively turns them into saturated fats, and as I wrote in this article, saturated fats are the main driver of insulin resistance. If you're eating hydrogenated oils, you're eating junk, no doubt about it.
Another convincing, well-documented, analytical article which further reassures me that my love of carbs (grains, legumes, pulses and stonking great masses of vegetables - with occasional eggy and seafoody bits) is nothing to lose sleep over. Guilt-free veggies are going to taste even better, now.
I appreciated your analysis. I’m someone who’s been researching for my own health for the past decade. I’ve tried all sorts of approaches to insulin resistance. For me, low carb, low-med fat and protein, lots of non starchy veg puts me into insulin sensitivity.
I think the problem for many is the combining of carbs and fats which causes issue. Also many people like myself with autoimmunity are highly sensitive to many carb based foods which are high in lectins such as legumes etc. (even though I love them, my gut doesn’t).
I have tried a high fruit and starch, low fat diet previously (.medical medium) and was surprised to see insulin not being affected, however it was making me sicker and without animal protein and more fat, my brain was not functioning.
It goes to show we are all so different, and we all have different sensitivities - so one immune system will react to a certain food in a positive way; while another will collapse from it. Most people with diabetes also have other comorbidities,,and would undoubtedly have a huge variety of sensitivities which would affect how good affects their systems.
Another point regarding the studies mentioned could be the type of fats, particularly hydrogenated vegetable oils and their association to insulin resistance and health in general. There’s a lot to be said about the types and quality of foods eaten.
It’s certainly a complex, no one size fits all, subject. But it’s been good to read all of your information thank you
Thanks for reading with an open mind. You are correct that diets high in BOTH carbohydrates and fats are really problematic; it's interesting to ponder the fact that no food found in nature, except mothers' milk, is rich in both carbohydrate and fat.
The notion than lectins cause gut problems is simply untrue, as I've discussed in a previous article (https://empowertotalhealth.com.au/new-paleo-or-true-paleo/). You may have digestive discomfort if your gut microbiome is not diverse enough to efficiently handle microbiota-accessible carbohydrates found in legumes, but this problem can be solved by introducing these foods very gradually, which allows gut bacteria to adapt.
The Medical Medium's dietary advice is terrible, IMHO, and I'm not surprised you felt poorly on it. That isn't because you weren't eating animal protein or fat, but because it's a nutritionally inadequate diet.
The answer to food sensitivities is to cultivate a healthy, diverse gut microbiome, and the American Gut Project demonstrated that the single most important factor in doing so is to eat a diverse array of plant foods, from all the different categories (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, herbs and spices). Those who ate 30 or more different plant foods in a week had the most diverse, health-promoting gut microbiomes. Stay tuned for Part 6 of this series, in which I'll be covering the research on the effect of ketogenic diets on the gut microbiome.
Hydrogenation of vegetable oils effectively turns them into saturated fats, and as I wrote in this article, saturated fats are the main driver of insulin resistance. If you're eating hydrogenated oils, you're eating junk, no doubt about it.
Another convincing, well-documented, analytical article which further reassures me that my love of carbs (grains, legumes, pulses and stonking great masses of vegetables - with occasional eggy and seafoody bits) is nothing to lose sleep over. Guilt-free veggies are going to taste even better, now.
Thanks!
Yes!!!! Go ahead and enjoy your lentils, oats, taties and veg! Definitely the food of champions :).