I'm confused now.

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Greg says:

> The bottom line, don't be afraid of insulin peaks (there are

> anabolic, growth enhancing) as they reduce cortisol peaks,

> work to improve glucose disposal rates (less insulin

> resistance, more glycogen storage capacity) so the insulin peaks

> don't mean excess glucose peaks.

Let me apologize in advance if I mischaracterize your argument, but I've been tracking this discussion and this post has now confused me. It's quite possible I've missed something earlier on. Can you clarify?

(1) you have urged complex, LOW GI carb foods IIRC. But here you say don't worry about insulin peaks, which would seem to argue with the 'don't worry' idea.

(2) you also say " so insulin peaks don't mean excess glucose peaks. " I thought an insulin peak was a response to a glucose peak, so by the time you get to an insulin peak, it's too late to have any causal effect on a glucose peak.

Thanks for any clarification you can give.

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I'm confused now.----- Original Message -----

From: Adrienne Regard

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Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 2:52 AM

Subject: [ ] I'm confused now.

Let me apologize in advance if I mischaracterize your argument, but I've been

tracking this discussion and this post has

now confused me. It's quite possible I've missed something earlier on. Can you

clarify?

(1) you have urged complex, LOW GI carb foods IIRC. But here you say don't

worry about insulin peaks, which would seem

to argue with the 'don't worry' idea.

[if your diet is mostly low GI carbs, the Insulin peaks will not be anything to

worry about and will help the body to

sometimes be in a anabolic (tissue building) mode.]

(2) you also say " so insulin peaks don't mean excess glucose peaks. " I thought

an insulin peak was a response to a

glucose peak, so by the time you get to an insulin peak, it's too late to have

any causal effect on a glucose peak.

An Insulin peak is just how far insulin was elevated during the meal. If the

meal is composed of low GI carb sources,

both the glucose & insulin peak will not be anything to worry about.

However mix in high GI carbs, fat, excessive cals and ALL bets are off!

Follow that Dr. Walford suggests in his book.

Greg