kelly baggett wrote:

 >   Although eating less carb in general will
 > lower one's fasting blood glucose and tone down hyperinsulinemia this
 > doesn't necessarily help ones response to carbohydrate and actually will
 > hinder it if carried on for too long of a time.

Are you saying that long term low carb eating will permanently effect
insulin sensitivity negatively?

 >   The key is the proper
 > amount and type of exercise, proper supplementation (lots of fish and
 > flax
 > oil + alpha lipoic acid), proper timing of meals (eating carbohydrates
 > mainly at specific times when the body is most apt to store them in
 > muscle),
 > and paying attention to other things which have an effect on glucose
 > tolerance and insulin sensitivity including:  hypothyroidism, depression,
 > excessive use of stimulants (caffeine, ephedrine or anything which causes
 > negative feedback from the adrenal glands), and stress.  For those who
 > want
 > to test this theory out simply pick up an affordable blood glucose
 > monitoring device at any drugstore along with some testing strips and
 > find
 > your baseline morning blood sugar when eating a normal diet.  After
 > this eat
 > 1 lb of fatty cold water fish per day or supplement with lots of fish
 > oils
 > (taken enough fish oil to get 6-10 grams combined DHA/EPA) , take 600
 > mg of
 > alpha lipoic acid per day, curtail the use of all stimulants, exercise
 > aerobically and anaerobically a minimum of 3 times per week and eat a
 > mix of
 > high fiber carbs.    After a couple of weeks of this fasting glucose
 > should
 > improve and morning appetite, overall metabolism and carbohydrate
 > response
 > should improve as well.

Would this reverse a poor carbohydrate response caused by the long term
low carb eating as mentioned above?
Is your theory based on personal experience (not that I would discount
that) or on researched sources?
Leonie

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