I fully expect this to slow down, but right now I’m going to enjoy every minute of it!

My trigs/HDL ratio, indicative of insulin resistance (and also cardiovascular risk) went from over 15 to around unity simply by cutting carbs and replacing those “dangerous” fats back into my diet, the fat melted away again and my energy levels went way up.

I did this pragmatically by testing my blood glucose

http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm

and keeping my BG tightly controlled in a range between 70 – 90 with postprandials below 120 and often below 110.

This led me inexorably to a diet highly similar to a Primal (or Protein Power) way of eating. I do now have more tendency to gain weight when I weaken – I sailed through the holiday season then fell apart a bit during the dull dark days of January and put on a few pounds but they’ve gone away again now.

Curiously (or not) my BG no longer freaks out so readily either from imappropriate food or overexertion. Well, we can ignore that pub lunch which left me high for a day and concentrate instead on the unintended three day Intermittent Fast caused by a tooth exploding: a few years back that would have sent my BG into orbit and through the floor in cycles, but without the insulin resistance it stayed much more even.

I’m coming to think that even for nondiabetics controlling insulin levels and thereby insulin resistance is key to avoiding all manner of consequences

Or just do what you do. But I don’t want to hear about why can’t I next year. It says apple a day not hershey bar a day . to qoute Jim Rohn

This is just what I needed to read. I’ve been on the primal plan for about 3 weeks and have lost 6.5 pounds from 211 on a 6′3″ frame. Being a “carbaholic”, I’ve cheated a few times on candies and deserts but I’ve stuck to the diet 90% of the time. I’ve been photographing myself and am a little discouraged that there is no visual evidence of the loss of my tummy. How many pounds does one have to lose to see a difference?

fat cells are built up in one’s youth through chronic ingestion of carbs. they are built to cope with the added pressure to deal with blood glucose/fructose.

once you have them, in later age, they provide an impetus to store more

then, after so many years of insulinemia, the fat cells become stubborn

this may be why some will take a lot of effort to get “ripped” in later life?

i have been told that insulin resistance can be reversed after a time on a natural diet (low/no carb, plenty of animal fat)
perhapse this is a factor

also, once you have a belt of fat cells, you simply have more opportunity to store more, regardless of diet…????

if ‘d been brought up like grok, i would have a much smaller capacity to store fat????

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I just did a post on why grains aren’t healthy this morning.