Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] (Rick) Re: insomnia, blood sugar and falling asleep?

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

[fast5] (Rick) Re: insomnia, blood sugar and falling asleep?

Personally, I think nobody should ever eat sugar. But that is only a crazy pipedream will probably never happen. :)

Dr Herring could probably elaborate on this better, but most people who have a weight problem are usually suffering with some degree of insulin resistance. Dr Bert and others in his field have said in the past that intermittent fasting and calorie restriction can make insulin receptors more sensitive to insulin. So over time, people should be able to eat more like they did when they were younger. If folks need to lose weight, they certainly shouldn't use sugar at all. But insulin resistance isn't the only health problem with eating sugar. Some studies indicate that sugar may shorten lifespan. More details are here: http://www.drmirkin.com/public/ezine111509.html. Karen be sure to at least read the last sentence of the first section. Dr Mirkin says that a lack of Vitamin D3 causes high blood sugar levels and you should try to maintain vitamin D3 at at least 75nmol/L. I think also this article should get your head spinning a bit as well: http://www.drmirkin.com/diabetes/D222.html .

-Rick

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <laurvick@...> wrote:

>
> I've yet to reread all of Fast5 ebook but are you saying that, eventually,
> 'they' will be able to eat the truffles/cheese cake (fasting will help
> adjust blood sugar/insulin...) or that they SHOULDN'T eat the
> truffles/cheesecake?
>
> It also makes me need to go back over what I'm eating to see if this is
> happening in me...
>
> Yesterday, I was like in a coma (falling asleep while reading to DD). I'd
> had, at 7am, post-WO, my protein shake (whey) w/2 oz cream, half a rice cake
> (7g carbs) and butter. At 8am, I had 2 eggs with cheese and chicken broth
> with butter. This was 47g Pro, 64g fat and 15g carbs. The 'coma' hit me
> about 11am
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> RickS
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:52 AM
> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [fast5] Re: insomnia, blood sugar and falling asleep?
>
>
> One AWESOME effect of Fast-5 and calorie restriction in general is that this
> insulin sensitivity tends to reverse itself over time. By eating less food
> and allowing the body 19 hours to rest, your cells start "listening" for
> insulin again which eases the burden on your pancreas, thus lowering insulin
> levels in general.
>
> -Rick Stewart
>