Re: Can you still be insulin resistant if your fasting insulin comes back low?
My gut would say that your obesity, and its
response to your low carbing
(hunger lessening, weight loss) suggests
insulin resistance.
That's what I was thinking - with the weight gain, the way I felt after
eating carbs, the response to low carb, etc how could I not be IR?
It would've been interesting to see what that number was 3 months and
45 lbs (!) ago.
At least if that number is right I've done a good job decreasing the IR
I probably have/had.
And I wish I had discovered low carb sooner - dang, does it work!
Did you carry most of your excess weight in >your upper body?
Not really - it was pretty evenly distributed all over. Only in the
last 2 years or so did I start getting extra "paunch" below the navel.
The waning female hormones may have had something to do with that.
As it's come off it's come off pretty evenly as well.
LQ
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Relevant Pages
- Effect of weight loss on the postprandial response to high-fat and high-carbohydrate meals i
... Conclusion:Our data suggest that weight loss preferentially affects ... postprandial triglyceride metabolism. ... Effect of weight loss on the postprandial response to high-fat and ... high-carbohydrate meals in obese women. ...
(sci.med.cardiology) - Re: Thermodynamics, again
... In fact, in comparative studies, low carb dieters lose more fat mass and preserve or gain more lbm, while higher carb dieters hold onto more fat and suffer higher muscle mass losses. ... Muscle weighs more than fat, so the use of weight loss alone as a measure of the effect of macronutrients is just, well, stupid, particularly in the short term. ... If one goes back a few years on the low carb newsgroup, it's filled with posts from folks freaking out that the scale hasn't moved even though their clothes were much looser on low carb, and advice from old timers to use a tape measure instead of a scale to measure the improvements from the diet. ...
(alt.support.diabetes) - Re: Intermittant lLow Carb Diet Effective in Weight Loss
... My weight loss calorie level is 1200. ... He was talking carbohydrate intake. ... Two days of low carb would kick start but the other days would also have to be under 1200 too. ... For some people this all you want to eat on low carb days could work for weight loss but if the the rest of the day was mostly protein and fat. ...
(misc.health.diabetes) - Re: Insulin resistance
... neither does any other diet plan, judging form the current of out of ... others see benefit only with rigorous and strict adherence to low carb. ... With all this variability in response, you can see why I keep telling people ...
(misc.health.diabetes) - Re: Joslin Diabetes Center
... the term low carb is bandied about and in some circles you might ... time to lie and she has me beat. ... have kept them off since) on a 200 calorie diet while on insulin. ... Most women find 1200-15-- a good level for weight loss. ...
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