Does anyone know anything about the insulin index?

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I've been generally reading around the subject of low carb diets, intermittent fasting and the blood sugar diet but came across this 'insulin index' which threw me, rather - there are some surprising results. For example meat producing a higher insulin response, in the body, than some cereals.

The role of glucagon in terms of the release of the body's fat stores seems to be linked too.

Here is what I have read:

www.mendosa.com/insulin_index.htm

wholehealthsource.blogspot.nl/2013/04/glucagon-dietary-protein-and-low.html

I am confused.

What do you measure your blood with?
Is that a kit you pay for yourself?

I get it on the NHS as preggers, though you can buy from the chemist. It's a little machine, you prick your finger and put it on a test stick, the machine is not too expensive but I think the test sticks soon add up. It's very useful to experiment a bit with though, and see what raises your blood sugar.

I found this interesting regarding the role of glucagon:

www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/12/three-one-drug-cuts-body-weight-third

My knowledge and understanding of this subject is fairly limited, however I do know that we should aim for low carb, moderate protien and high fat. If we overdo the protien it will increase insulin and will knock you out of ketosis.

As an aside, I had a thought that made me laugh yesterday. I was working out what I would gain from the interest paid on savings accounts (-couldn't find any fantastic rates) which led me to ponder upon how much financially I could gain from utilising my fat stores. This 'asset' I have spent years 'investing' in so I think it is about time I should see some return!

From Intermittent Fasting (I eat from 12pm to 6pm), alone, I worked out what I'd save gives me as much return as the savings accounts I was looking into!

Yes, Iamdobby, that is what I concluded, although I have seen diets that depend on increasing protein - I think they exploit it's stimulating effects on the production of glucagon (involved in body fat metabolising). However because high protein can also stimulate insulin (depending on what the source of protein is: see insulin index charts, links posted up thread) high protein might not help insulin resistance.

^ or help hyperinsulimia.

Yes I guess it's always a trade off. If you go extremely low carb maybe then you can eat high protien without a higher risk of insulin spikes.

As much as my knowledge is limited I do believe that each of us are very different, some people use high protien with no issue and we can only go by either weight loss or blood tests.

Whatever the issue it's an interesting subject that we should all be mindful of.

Re

^Sorry, jittery iPad.

Regarding losing fat, whilst retaining water, mentioned up thread, I found this interesting:

www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html/

So my fat reader scales, which showed in gain in weight and a loss in fat percentage, may well have being correct! Yay!

^when I worked out the actual fat weight - they were showing a loss in this.