Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Cream with coffee Re: Success stories

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

[fast5] Cream with coffee Re: Success stories

Interesting notion about heavy cream...I didn't realize that it didn't contain milk sugars. I didn't know that was possible! I'll definitely have to switch. Especially as you don't need as much heavy cream to take the bitter out of coffee.

I'm a little confused about one aspect of insulin. How long does it take the body to realize that there isn't glucose around for the insulin to process? I guess it's that I don't understand the mechanism by which insulin leaves the blood when there is no glucose to store.

Or to put it another way, is it really possible for 10 calories worth of glucose to elevate insulin levels for longer than it takes for the body to burn those 10 calories? It must be, or this point wouldn't be emphasized.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "RickS" <rstewart@...> wrote:
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> The whole point is that you don't want your body to produce any extra insulin during the fast. Dr Herring calculated a five calorie cap based on this no-insulin parameter. I routinely use small amounts of heavy cream in coffee during the fasting period because it has no sugar and doesn't raise insulin in small enough quantities to be used in coffee.
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> I wouldn't use any kind of milk during your fast because it contains sugar/carbs which can raise your insulin levels and shut down the fat-burning metabolism. What heavy cream will do however is raise your blood triglycerides so that your body doesn't need to burn as much from your "trouble spots" until the triglycerides from the heavy cream have been used for energy. But since the heavy cream won't raise insulin, it won't lock your fat cells and you'll still be in fat burning mode.
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> Honestly, the best thing to do is to just get used to tea or black coffee. But if you can't resist, heavy cream is the better of the evils. :)
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "tamaratornado" <tamaratornado@> wrote:
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> > I googled, I see various sites with calories for what you put in your coffee, here's a good one (scroll down)
> > http://www.diet-blog.com/08/how_many_calories_in_coffee.php
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> > Looks like the least calories is nonfat milk (5 per Tbs), followed by whole milk (9 per Tbs).
> > The nondairy creamers are worse! LOL.
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> > There's a 5 calorie limit on beveridges in the fast period right? Does that mean only one drink with 5 calories, because if you drink say, 2 cups of coffee with nonfat milk you'd get 10 calories.....
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