>What level of protein does your physician consider "adequate"?

The same formulas found in the Protein Power and Zone books.

>And if he limits protein, is that because, as Gerald Reaven argues,
>protein,
>when broken down into amino acids, raises insulin levels?

Yup -- gluconeogenesis.

>(I'm curious if the wider scientific community accepts that protein raises
>insulin, or is this still controversial?)

I doubt it -- they're by and large idiots in the pockets of the
pharmaceutical industry.

Dori Zook
Denver, CO

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