So does this mean it's ok to snack on unprocessed, low-glycemic foods in between meals for those with normal post-prandial glycemia? So as long as I'm not insulin-resistant, or, have beta-cell dysfunction, it really doesn't matter how many times I spike my glucose during a day, as long as I'm eating "healthy" food?
Thank you very much for your posts; they are absolutely amazing! To ensure I understand correctly, can we infer from the text that pre-diabetes is caused by insulin resistance and/or improper functioning of beta cells? What role does diet play in this? Can diet lead to pre-diabetes, perhaps by increasing insulin resistance and impairing beta cell function?
For example, imagine someone starts a new habit: they eat two cookies every hour from 8 am to 3 pm., totalling 14 cookies a day. At the same time, they reduce their physical activity. If this person continues this habit for a year, and their HbA1c level is measured before and after, would we see an increase in their HbA1c level? They will have more sugar spikes but from your text, should we infer that a healthy person would produce insulin and therefore the body would respond to this sugar spikes lowering it? Could the higher sugar intake and lack of activity have increased insulin resistance and worsened beta cell function? How do insulin resistance and beta-cells atrophy happen and what can be done to avoid it? Thank you!
So does this mean it's ok to snack on unprocessed, low-glycemic foods in between meals for those with normal post-prandial glycemia? So as long as I'm not insulin-resistant, or, have beta-cell dysfunction, it really doesn't matter how many times I spike my glucose during a day, as long as I'm eating "healthy" food?
Is this correct?
Thank you very much for your posts; they are absolutely amazing! To ensure I understand correctly, can we infer from the text that pre-diabetes is caused by insulin resistance and/or improper functioning of beta cells? What role does diet play in this? Can diet lead to pre-diabetes, perhaps by increasing insulin resistance and impairing beta cell function?
For example, imagine someone starts a new habit: they eat two cookies every hour from 8 am to 3 pm., totalling 14 cookies a day. At the same time, they reduce their physical activity. If this person continues this habit for a year, and their HbA1c level is measured before and after, would we see an increase in their HbA1c level? They will have more sugar spikes but from your text, should we infer that a healthy person would produce insulin and therefore the body would respond to this sugar spikes lowering it? Could the higher sugar intake and lack of activity have increased insulin resistance and worsened beta cell function? How do insulin resistance and beta-cells atrophy happen and what can be done to avoid it? Thank you!