So, a brief addendum to my addendum.
I purposely steered clear of insulin in the rundown of hormones related to hunger, as this hobbyhorse has kind of been ridden to death over the years. However, while searching for the links on my last post I came across a new (to me) blogger, Butter Bob, with some very interesting information about abnormal insulin response. Bob Briggs has made an incredible journey (he lost 150 pound in a little over a years time) and is sharing some great information. Here is the post, 'Why Are Fat People Hungry?'.
What particularly caught my attention is about midway down the blog post, in the discussion and graphs of observations by Dr. Joseph Kraft regarding abnormal insulin response. While most of us are familiar with the idea of chronic elevated insulin, insulin resistance and it's contribution to metabolic syndrome, the graphs of normal vs. elevated insulin response are fascinating. Dr. Kraft's profiles of abnormal insulin response help us begin to see part of the framework for why some people seem to be more sensitive to carbohydrates in their diet, and find it so difficult to tap into the stored energy in fat cells, leading to 'unusually' elevated hunger between meals. This may also explain why some people find a low carb/high fat diet to be particularly beneficial.
To quote: "Two people sit down to eat a meal, one might have a normal insulin response to that meal that will leave them back to normal fasting insulin levels in 3 hours. And they won’t get a very high insulin level even after they eat. The other one might have higher insulin levels BEFORE they even start eating and after they eat, their insulin numbers might be as high as three times the amount as their normal eating partner and they might not be back at normal fasting levels for 5 hours or more. Some of them, because they remain hungry even after eating because of this high insulin response, will snack, these people will almost never be at normal fasting insulin levels. One important note, Dr. Kraft tested the low carbohydrate diet and found that it can change these abnormally high insulin patterns to a normal insulin pattern within a years time."
The blog post is actually a transcript of his YouTube video, which I've embedded below. No doubt I will be referencing his videos/blog posts in the future. . .
I purposely steered clear of insulin in the rundown of hormones related to hunger, as this hobbyhorse has kind of been ridden to death over the years. However, while searching for the links on my last post I came across a new (to me) blogger, Butter Bob, with some very interesting information about abnormal insulin response. Bob Briggs has made an incredible journey (he lost 150 pound in a little over a years time) and is sharing some great information. Here is the post, 'Why Are Fat People Hungry?'.
What particularly caught my attention is about midway down the blog post, in the discussion and graphs of observations by Dr. Joseph Kraft regarding abnormal insulin response. While most of us are familiar with the idea of chronic elevated insulin, insulin resistance and it's contribution to metabolic syndrome, the graphs of normal vs. elevated insulin response are fascinating. Dr. Kraft's profiles of abnormal insulin response help us begin to see part of the framework for why some people seem to be more sensitive to carbohydrates in their diet, and find it so difficult to tap into the stored energy in fat cells, leading to 'unusually' elevated hunger between meals. This may also explain why some people find a low carb/high fat diet to be particularly beneficial.
To quote: "Two people sit down to eat a meal, one might have a normal insulin response to that meal that will leave them back to normal fasting insulin levels in 3 hours. And they won’t get a very high insulin level even after they eat. The other one might have higher insulin levels BEFORE they even start eating and after they eat, their insulin numbers might be as high as three times the amount as their normal eating partner and they might not be back at normal fasting levels for 5 hours or more. Some of them, because they remain hungry even after eating because of this high insulin response, will snack, these people will almost never be at normal fasting insulin levels. One important note, Dr. Kraft tested the low carbohydrate diet and found that it can change these abnormally high insulin patterns to a normal insulin pattern within a years time."
The blog post is actually a transcript of his YouTube video, which I've embedded below. No doubt I will be referencing his videos/blog posts in the future. . .
Future posts: I've been working intermittently (heh!) on a post about intermittent fasting (as a weight loss tool and as a tool to reduce inflammation), as well as a post about the role of nutritional ketosis in exercise and how ketosis has worked for me in regards exercise/mountain biking this summer (hint, the post title is "Nutritional Ketosis = Jet Fuel").
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