tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827769867360256958.post6799622740040661559..comments2024-01-14T03:16:09.597-08:00Comments on Kindke's Scrap Notes: Possible Mechanism for the Carbohydrate Insulin Hypothesis?Kindkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841418412425329998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827769867360256958.post-24060912601837066112013-01-25T21:30:35.573-08:002013-01-25T21:30:35.573-08:00Stefansson mentioned Inuit women being overweight ...Stefansson mentioned Inuit women being overweight and aging fast.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827769867360256958.post-8411636356527751692012-09-25T09:18:55.200-07:002012-09-25T09:18:55.200-07:00Interesting study indeed, shame they didnt measure...Interesting study indeed, shame they didnt measure glp-1. Difficult to say whats going on without the full text<br /><br />Kindkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841418412425329998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827769867360256958.post-48755607504647328802012-09-25T07:58:27.738-07:002012-09-25T07:58:27.738-07:00i still think that the problem with the "carb...i still think that the problem with the "carbohydrate hypothesis" is that it's stated too simply. it needs to include a reference to the sort of information you've included above -- that high-carbohydrate foods cause changes to happen on finer levels than ... merely raising insulin to push glucose into cells!<br /><br />one phenomenon that the Kitava-quoters never mention is the observation among colonial Americans, that although young native women were fit and lean, the middle-aged ones were always fat! (i guess they overdid that high-reward corn-and-bean stew.) i need to dig around my historical literature and see if i can find that again....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827769867360256958.post-61910729381290188562012-09-25T00:08:17.879-07:002012-09-25T00:08:17.879-07:00Thanks, that makes sense. I'm sure there's...Thanks, that makes sense. I'm sure there's something right with this insulin hypothesis, and that it can explains some part of the obesity problem. On the other hand there are so many traditional cultures living healthyly on (mainly) carbs that IMHO it's very hard to conclude that carbs are THE cause by themselves.<br /><br />BTW, maybe you'll find this interesting, relative to GI :<br />http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2012/09/17/ajcn.112.041947.abstractRenaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630268830113902705noreply@blogger.com