[fast5] Re: My New Theory - Bert, does this make sense?

Hi Ellen,

I am not Bert, nor do I have much in the way of opinion about your theory.  However, I do know of a man following an all meat diet, on a once a day feeding schedule, whose FBG has risen over the course of the 4 years on this plan to a very steady 99, and he now has an HbAIC of 6%.

There has been an exchange about this on the panu blog in the Q & A section:  http://www.paleonu.com/

The exchange, mingled with other comments, has been reproduced, along with some other preliminary tidbits over at this blog:
http://www.carnivorehealth.com/main/2009/8/22/a-high-fat-diet-like-really-high-fat.html

You will need to scroll some to read the exchange, but all of the information is fascinating, if you ask me.

In a nutshell, it seems that it is an excess of protein that is suspected to be the problem, perhaps with some long established insulin resistance.  It may be that those of us eating a low carb diet may need to watch our protein content, especially as we age.

BTW, I am coming back to this group from a hiatus.  I find that Fast-5 is a better system for me to maintain a healthy weight and feel great than anything else I have tried, and I am happy to be living this way again.  I look forward to sharing more in the future.

Deanna

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Ellen Ussery <ellen.ussery@...> wrote:
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>
> But I also found at the end of 6 months, that I had the first higher
> than 100 blood sugar at the doc's. My blood sugar levels have remained
> above 100 since that time ( a year and a half).  I tried Dr.
> Schwarzbine's diet for six months, then Fast5 again,  got even more
> strict with my carbs as per Dr. Bernstein (The Diabetes Solution)
> But haven't gotten them down below 100. They are not high enough to be
> diagnosed as diabetic, but that is only because I am very strictly low
> carb.  But if you  think about the arbitrary way they assign that
> diagnosis it is rather silly.  Either you have some inability to
> metabolize carbohydrate, or you don't.  IMO it is like being a little
> bit pregnant!

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