On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:52:39 -0600, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Well, in a ketogenic diet, the glycogen stores are not replenished--at  
> least not fully.

I was referring to a *cyclical* ketogenic diet.  In such a diet, you run  
yourself into ketosis for a few days, then carb-load for a day or two.   
The idea is that when you're carb-depleted, you can take advantage of an  
increased sensitivity to them and cause your system to store more glycogen  
than it normally would.  So it's not only replenished, it's  
over-replenished.  But this is done over the course of a week or so, not  
just a day.  That's what I was comparing it to -- they're obviously quite  
different approaches, I was just thinking of the cycling of glycogen,  
that's all.

> But a person with insulin resistance may find that BG and insulin never  
> get a chance to return to baseline during the course of a day if they  
> are being reactivated every few hours with small meals.  This is what I  
> want to avoid.

Ah.  But wouldn't a paleo diet prevent insulin resistance in the first  
place?

(Does the list still limit a person to five posts a day?  If so, I'm  
probably at my limit.)

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   Robert Kesterson
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