On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:18:39 -0500, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The ZONE diets's main tool turned out to be reducing insulin-high phases
>to emphasize the good PG's. He (Sears) wants to achieve it by adding protein
>to every meal. Where's the reference that protein does this (undoubted but
>possibly not the best way). Adding fat to a meal does the same job of
>slowing carb digestion. Eating slow carb/glucose elevators may be even
>better. Or fighting the insulin spikes by normalizing carb metabolism, best.

If you read any of Sears' Zone writings, he says that adding protein to every
meal stimulates glucagon, which is antagonistic to insulin (simplistic
paraphrase).


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Cheers,

Ken
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