Posted: Mar 09, 2011 12:44 am
Just A Theory wrote:..
This is factually incorrect. There have been numerous studies on the effect you are citing: insulin resistance. Here is one. There is next to no evidence that increased sugar intake promotes insulin resistance. That is not to say that increased intake of sugars does not promote release of insulin but, as fatty acids are released into the blood stream, insulin levels fall again - this is the sensation of coming off the sugar high.
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This was a good post over all, but I read that link and I am not sold.
That was just a lot of people answering a survey. What I conclude from that is that a lot of people will answer a survey, but I don't know if they answered it honestly, or even what the questions were.
This says it isn't so, but they just quote a doctor and not a study...
The problem with sugar is that, simply, it spikes insulin. And when insulin levels are raised, people accumulate fat.
“At one point, your pancreas (which produces insulin) will start wearing out and then you’re looking at diabetes two,” says Ranveig Elvebakk, an Oakland-based doctor and nutrition expert who is a long-standing member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians…
…”Ninety percent of the weight problem we have is caused by eating sugar, not fat,” she says. “If you want to lose, gain, or stay the same weight, then you need to understand the mechanics of weight loss. And when you raise your blood sugar, you raise your insulin and insulin stores fat…”
http://dietforhumans.com/2011/03/09/low ... -no-maybe/
Is everything that Elvebakk saying bullshit? (I checked her web site and she said "studies confirm this" but she didn't cite the studies)