Atkins Diet Misconceptions: Do ketogenic diets increase insulin resistance?

[mokugin81]

According to Ray Peat insuline problems are caused by the PUFAs in the diet!!

[xjun2001]

i am a recovering sugar addict im trying to get on atkins but whenever i go on the diet about a couple of days after, i start having low blood sugar symptoms, im mean really bad and i dont feel good unless i eat sugar and then i feel fine. is that insulin resistance or just my pancreas being used to really high sugar diet. have you heard of pancreas releasing insulin based on what youv been eating?

[bowulf]

@xjun2001 That is one of the reasons Dr. A recommended many smaller meals to alleviate the potential hypoglycemic events. It does signify a body that is potentially pre-diabetic pancreas. In this situation, you may want to limit certain foods that could also exacerbate the insulin release, like caffeine and artificial sweeteners, too.

[gina401965]

my guy is diabetic...and he is so afriad to go by the NET CARBS on packaging..worrying it will raise his numbers..since starting Atkins two weeks ago he has been able to not need insulin!!...what is your take on net carbs?

[bowulf]

@gina401965 First big congrats to your guy getting off his meds.

About net carbs, I have made a video on the topic, but the short answer is yes I believe in tracking net carbs ONLY if you mean total carbs minus ONLY grams of fiber. All the other net carb calculations that subtract glycerin, sugar alcohols, or "net impact carbs" are dubious, and likely to cause more bad that good.

[cathypiller]

I'm starting atkins tomorrow. I am a type 2 turned into a type 1 diabetic. I am extremely insulin resistant. I know it's hard to believe but I'm currently taking between 300 and 400 units of insulin a day. I take 110 units of lantus 2xdaily at least 1 unit for every 2 carbs I eat. I'm very concerned about how to change my insulin dosage with this diet. I know any advice I get is not from a dr. but I'd appreciate any opinions as I'm flying alone here . ty in advance

[bowulf]

@cathypiller There are a number of low carb friendly doctors out there especially those in the diabetes management field. Richard Bernstein would be the most notable example of one and has written a number of books on the topic. I would highly suggest his or the one Mary Ross Vernon co-wrote with Dr. Atkins. Those resources are going to provide you a better answer than I could in your specific example.

[BigJohnIsOn]

Sorry, YouTube will not let me post the URL's. The articles can be found at ajcn dot com, or let me know where I can send the URL's to you.

[BigJohnIsOn]

The bottom line is that (1) saturated fat is not bad for you (at least not for your cardiovascular system). (2) Polyunsaturated fat is a bit better for you than saturated fat. And (3) refined carbohydrates ARE bad for you, period.

[BigJohnIsOn]

Kent... Another great video.

More science you will like:

Below (next comment) are three articles from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (which is a prestigious scientific/medical journal dating back to 1952). The articles are abstracts (summaries of studies) that date from 2004 to 2010. The third one is from March of this year and it is a bombshell: a study of 21+ prior studies.

[Catherine8raw]

You look really fabulous 5:34

Studies show insulin resistance (IR) are increased by a SPECIFIC saturated fatty acid (SFA), named palmitic acid found in red meat/cheese, but other fats in red meat such as a SFA, stearic acid & monounsaturated fats omega 9 (reverses IR!) both not causing IR.

[Catherine8raw]

Inositol found in liver, beef heart, beans, lecithin support insulin signaling, treat PCOS. Saturated fats decrease Magnesium absorption which encourages IR. Fish oil (omega 3) increase insulin SENSITIVITY in liver. Omega 6 encourage IR. Diabetics tend to have high SFA, such as Palmitic acid. Without changing the fats in the cell membrane depends on whether you'll be latent. Although, a low carb diet may alter these fats, so might a diet that increases magnesium, chromium, B vits, low sugar.

[Catherine8raw]

Coconut containing medium/short chain saturated have shown no insulin resistance. Human breast milk is 50% saturated fat, and 50% of each of our cells membranes, it helps cell rigidity, enables fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, K to be absorbed. Even calcium needs saturated fats. Gabriel coussens way to stop insulin resistance via low saturated fats, no animal products concerns me, diet made me very hungry! Western A. Price studies support animal products for optimal health relates to inuits.

[Catherine8raw]

Carbs can convert not to omega 3, 6, 9 but to saturated fat, now what could be happening is the low carb diet reduces the production of palmitic acid, and high PA may be via meat or dairy intake but via sugary/ starchy carbs which makes the cell membrane "high" in palmitic acid creating IR. My theorie is based on the fact that studies showed that high carb diets produces more saturated fat (stores) so maybe you get more insulin resistant via carbs. Your cells may have lower PA with low carb! ??

[PersistentTim]

Another great informative video, thanks Kent!

[angel292005]

I love the last photo...(that was way too short by the way) The before and after of you. Thanks for sharing the truth about low carb eating. Just as if someone would be ALLERGIC to a certain food, ie; peanuts; they DON'T eat them. Same with sugar...if your body doesn't process it, then LEAVE IT OUT. Have some self control people! ( I am speaking to myself as well,lol)

[bowulf]

@angel292005 I try to include the last photo on most videos as it helps show how far I have come, and whether I know what I am talking about or not, I can at least relate to what you might be going through. :-)

[bowulf]

@n10ding I hear you about GCBC. Sometimes I get frustrated at not being able to simply just say read the book, and you'll be fine. It is a bit technical for some, but everything is in there. That's where my overly simplistic analogy has a role -- engage people enough to encourage them to view the actual studies.

[BodybuildingTom]

Good video. A study you should take a look at is "Mechanism of free fatty acid-induced insulin resistance in humans". It addresses how FFA's create insulin resistance and how they do so.

[bowulf]

@BodybuildingTom It would appear that it requires additionally the presence of triglycerides in the muscle tissues. From another study: "It is widely viewed that MetS results from an increasing, perpetual state of whole body insulin resistance, which is strongly associated with dietary carbohydrate and saturated fat [12], leading to high serum triglycerides (TG) and visceral adiposity. Acute infusion of FFAs leads to the accumulation of TG in skeletal muscle and evokes insulin resistance."

[bowulf]

@BodybuildingTom The ketogenic diet followers typically has few triglycerides at all (usually in 20-60 range), and does not evoke the same result. Here is the relevant study:

"Enhancement of a modified Mediterranean-style, low glycemic load diet with specific phytochemicals improves cardiometabolic risk factors in subjects with metabolic syndrome and hypercholesterolemia in a randomized trial"

[BodybuildingTom]

@bowulf Only question I would have about that study is if a low glycemic load diet would ellicit the same body metabolism shift as a ketogenic diet does.

It's interesting that while a mechanism exists for insulin resistance in humans with high levels of blood lipids, a ketogenic diet works in the opposite fashion to what most people expect and lowers TG levels as in your study and as in this one below.

(Effects of high-protein, low-carbohydrate dieting on plasma lipoproteins and body weight.)

[bowulf]

@BodybuildingTom Do you mean a low glycemic load (which would be essentially a low carb but not necessarily ketogenic) or low glycemic index diet? If you meant the first, I would absolutely. The Atkins Diet becomes for most people a non-ketogenic diet in the latter stages as they add more carbohydrates.

For a low glycemic diet index, I think it could as well. That would explain perhaps the Vegans positive response as they eliminated the higher index refined items.

[ckrtom2]

Confinement yard...My, such a formal term for what I've always heard called a "pen," LOL.

Looking forward to your next cooking video...

[bowulf]

@ckrtom2 The farmers around here would call a pen for enclose a handful of animals. A Confinement yard are for 1000s.