I learned that frequent and big glucose spike (by eating frequent and too much high GI foods (sugar, refined carbohydrates) will cause insulin resistance, and eventually diabetic.
And lower postprandial blood glucose is good.
For example, this study says:
"Diets based on foods that produce lower postprandial blood glucose responses (i.e. LGI foods) reduce the risk of developing diabetes , CVD and certain cancers, while improving insulin sensitivity, blood glucose control and blood lipid profiles"
I really liked this post. One thing I am unsure about is if eating your foods in the "right" order likely doesn't matter for non-diabetics, then why is fiber generally so beneficial for health? I think much of the confusion people have around advice from influencers touting the usefulness of CGMs stems from the fact that many people are intuitively aware of the fact that fiber helps stabilize blood sugars and they assume that fat must also be helpful for insulin resistance because it also stabilizes blood sugar. What is the difference between stabilizing your blood sugar with fiber vs. fats and proteins? Why is one beneficial and the other not?
100% this. I can absolutely confirm that my n=1 type 1 experience is looking on with utter bemusement at the people out there voluntarily tracking and “managing” blood glucose for “fun”.
Imagine doing a whole extra full time job on top of your actual full time job/life etc when you don’t have to!
I learned that frequent and big glucose spike (by eating frequent and too much high GI foods (sugar, refined carbohydrates) will cause insulin resistance, and eventually diabetic.
And lower postprandial blood glucose is good.
For example, this study says:
"Diets based on foods that produce lower postprandial blood glucose responses (i.e. LGI foods) reduce the risk of developing diabetes , CVD and certain cancers, while improving insulin sensitivity, blood glucose control and blood lipid profiles"
Please see:.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494382/
But you say we don't need to care about postprandial glucose spike (for non-diabetics).
So, we can eat as much sugar and refined carbohydrates as we want (it will cause big glucose spike, but it is ok)?
We don't need to care about GI (brown bread is not better than white bread for metabolic health, and to prevent diabetic)?
And what is GI for?
It is only useful to diabetics; not to non-diabetics?
I really liked this post. One thing I am unsure about is if eating your foods in the "right" order likely doesn't matter for non-diabetics, then why is fiber generally so beneficial for health? I think much of the confusion people have around advice from influencers touting the usefulness of CGMs stems from the fact that many people are intuitively aware of the fact that fiber helps stabilize blood sugars and they assume that fat must also be helpful for insulin resistance because it also stabilizes blood sugar. What is the difference between stabilizing your blood sugar with fiber vs. fats and proteins? Why is one beneficial and the other not?
Love it. So nice to hear this perspective from a respected nutritional researcher, and true expert in the field.
100% this. I can absolutely confirm that my n=1 type 1 experience is looking on with utter bemusement at the people out there voluntarily tracking and “managing” blood glucose for “fun”.
Imagine doing a whole extra full time job on top of your actual full time job/life etc when you don’t have to!
Phenomenal article. Only science, no drama 🚀
What about the high fat in the cheese & egg though? It won't contribute to a worsening hepatic insulin resistance, or NAFL in T2Ds?