Paleo Phil wrote:
> Todd Moody
>   
>> metabolic effects of our diet.  I know that I was surprised to learn 
>> that Owsley "Bear" Stanley's FBG is 99 after 40+ years of a 
>> meat-only diet.
>>     
>
> Don't forget the cheese. Because cheese is reportedly a staple food of
> Stanley's diet (consisting mainly of meat, eggs and cheese), I'm not
> surprised at all that his FBG is high.
>
> Milk has a "high insulinemic response" according to Cordain and others.
> Results of a study by Hoyt, Hickey and Cordain "suggest that some factor
> within the protein fraction was responsible for milk’s insulinotropic
> effect." [Hoyt G, Hickey MS, Cordain L. Dissociation of the glycaemic and
> insulinaemic responses to whole and skimmed milk. Br J Nutr 2005;93:175-177.
> http://www.thepaleodiet.com/published_research/]
>   
How would the relatively high insulin index of cheese push FBG up?

Todd Moody
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