As a diabetic could tell you (my brother is type 1), minimizing starch is crucial for reducing total insulin load.
Wait, what? As a diabetic I avoid starch (somewhat) to reduce blood glucose variability, but I’d never heard of “insulin load”, and searching PubMed and Google for that phrase didn’t turn up anything interesting. Starch only causes blood glucose variability if it’s digested too quickly, as measured by glycemic index, which happens with things like breadcrumbs but not with things like bread. My understanding of the issue is that insulin matters only insofar as it interacts with blood glucose, glucagon and liver storage. If insulin had any direct bad effects, I would consider this surprising, and a big deal.
By insulin load i just mean total insulin. You diabetics know exactly how much you use in a given day, but regular people produce similar amounts automatically. The idea is that in the modern diet we consume too many calories mainly from energy dense foods such as carbohydrates which cause more insulin spikes and overwork the pancreas, eventually leading to destabilization and metabolic syndrome (type 2 diabetes and associated diseases). We haven’t had enough time to optimize for these conditions.
Wait, what? As a diabetic I avoid starch (somewhat) to reduce blood glucose variability, but I’d never heard of “insulin load”, and searching PubMed and Google for that phrase didn’t turn up anything interesting. Starch only causes blood glucose variability if it’s digested too quickly, as measured by glycemic index, which happens with things like breadcrumbs but not with things like bread. My understanding of the issue is that insulin matters only insofar as it interacts with blood glucose, glucagon and liver storage. If insulin had any direct bad effects, I would consider this surprising, and a big deal.
By insulin load i just mean total insulin. You diabetics know exactly how much you use in a given day, but regular people produce similar amounts automatically. The idea is that in the modern diet we consume too many calories mainly from energy dense foods such as carbohydrates which cause more insulin spikes and overwork the pancreas, eventually leading to destabilization and metabolic syndrome (type 2 diabetes and associated diseases). We haven’t had enough time to optimize for these conditions.