How Much Protein - Carbs, Protein and Insulin

This model is far to general. The release of insulin and it's actions within the body are a much broader, more complex subject. The above model implies that there is essentially only one type of carbohydrate and this "defininate article" of carbohydrate initiates only a single type of insulin response. The term carbohydrate is most commonly used in biochemistry, where it is essentially a synonym of saccharide, a LARGE family of carbohydrates that fill numerous roles in living things.

ok what KIND of carbs is he talkng about? he's probably talkin about Carbs as in white sugar - of course that will peak your insulin level bcoz its processed almost down to glucose. Aside from sugar, there r two types of healthy carbs: startchy and non startchy. you need go on and off from those healthy carbs so you can strick your body to lose body fat, everybody is different so go easy on carbs and figure out how ur body reacts to different carbs and act accordingly.

Its better to eat small frequent meals to maintain a somewhat constant level of blood sugar. Stay away from high glycemic index foods such as refined carbs that will spike your insulin then drop your blood sugar leaving you hypoglycemic and HUNGRY. This causes you to eat more to compensate.. keep the cycle up and you develop type 2 diabetes. The graph depicted in this video shows insulin levels.. but where is the blood sugar levels? Its kind of misleading.

I dont get it. There is so much information and there is always someone saying "that's not true"

This is great comparative info. Thanks for all your videos.

This really surprises me. I lost a lot of weight when I ate more protein, moving from the ADA to the Zone Diet. I guess it was because I was eating less calories overall. That is, I was eating about 60 grams of protein and 200 grams of carbohydrates. I then ate 85 grams or protein and 110 grams of carb. So instead of 260 grams total I was eating 195 total. Interesting. However, I was completely satisfied, whearas if I had just dropped the carbs, I would have been hungry.

Hi Brad!

Thanks for the Info you share with us. It has been a great help for me...
Im 32, 190lbs and about 17%fat / 21%muscle mass
Im gonna start an HGH therapy for multiple benefits, main is shape my body...im going to use 2UI per day from monday to saturday, eating every 3 hours, carbs and protein before 5pm and after just protein..

I would like to hear your opinion..or any sugestion

Thanks!

Fantastic question,
Please answer it.

What about Fat?

I think you're misunderstanding; protein does have an insulin response, it just doesn't (directly) increase blood sugar. He's only arguing that it increases blood insulin. The chart is easy to misunderstand (some think the y-axis is blood sugar).

The reason your blood sugar goes up after eating protein is because of the release of glucagon, I believe, which is released at the same time as insulin. It has the opposite effect of insulin; to encourage cells to release glucose.

peace, sp