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Article regarding Insulin Resistance and Memory
Rossergirl
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This is a very interesting article. It is a very quick read.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/sweet-tooth-foggy-brain-the-surprising-link-125268248787.html
https://www.yahoo.com/health/sweet-tooth-foggy-brain-the-surprising-link-125268248787.html
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"A review published in the journal Current Diabetes Reportsfound that eating a high-fat diet puts people at a greater risk of developing insulin resistance. Artificial sweeteners may also indirectly contribute to insulin resistance."
This is from the article. LCHF includes lots of fat. What do you think?0 -
Interesting article. My 8 year old son has ADHD and eating enough protein and fat is highly recommended for management of his condition. Granted, I got that information from extensive reading, rather than his Ped.
His brain operates completely different than mine and those two components IMPROVE how he processes information.
As far as the article, it doesn't really address the carb issue much, but rather swapping out lower GI foods for high and eliminating sugar/sweets. So, I can't help but wonder if their "high fat" reference has to do with the general assumption that higher fat foods are also higher carb/sweet. And I find that most general diabetes publication advocate for far more carbs than I allow myself per day. They still operate under the 30 gm for breakfast and snacks, and 45-60gms for lunch and dinner. And...there was that eat every 3 hour reference too, which many of us do not find necessary.
Still, good information regarding memory. I recently read another article that Alzheimer's disease is regarded to be a Type 3 Diabetes by some.0 -
If someone can enlighten me as to how to view whole articles and study data on PubMed, I'd be most grateful!
In the absence of more information, I can't really evaluate the claim that high dietary fat consumption makes Alzheimer's worse. The abstract talks about certain monounsaturated and saturated fats being the culprits, but they don't list the fats by name. Moreover, they don't provide any other information about the diet, like carb and protein levels or what sorts of food the subjects ate. If this is a high fat McDonald's diet, well, I doubt any of us would be shocked that it would negatively impact memory or any other aspect of health.
Again, this info is probably available, just not in the article or the study abstract on PubMed.0 -
I believe you need a subscription to view PubMed. You probably need to go to a University Library to have free access. Possibly a public library, I don't know.0
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That particular article is a pay-to-view, but you can see the first page here:
http://static-content.springer.com/lookinside/art:10.1007/s11892-002-0098-y/000.png
I haven't looked into it, but I suspect the problem is high fat in the presence of either carbs or high calories.
One theory is that insulin resistance is due to ectopic fat. When adipose tissue is "full," bad things happen, including fat storage in parts of the body where it shouldn't be stored.
There's also a theory that the inflammation associated with insulin resistance is due to fat cells with insufficient blood supply. Too much fat, too few arterial branches. Those poor fat cells die, and the body has to collect the dead cells via a response similar to the immune response for "invaders."
It's not settled science yet, but I'm placing my bets on low-carb.
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"A review published in the journal Current Diabetes Reportsfound that eating a high-fat diet puts people at a greater risk of developing insulin resistance. Artificial sweeteners may also indirectly contribute to insulin resistance."
This is from the article. LCHF includes lots of fat. What do you think?
As one moves into ketosis when eating very low carbs a form of insulin resistance can occur. Some areas of the body does require glucose. While glucose can come from the protein that we eat I see ketosis induced insulin resistance being more of a way to save the glucose for areas of the brain or any other body tissue that requires glucose.
When I first got my glucose/ketone meter I could see glucose levels as low as 55 yet it was walking and talking just fine. The last few times I have checked my glucose levels (often it will be a few months before I recheck it) my fasting readings are in the 85-95 range but has been as high as 103. It has never been in the prediabetic warning range.
My take above may not be medically correct on ketosis and any induced insulin resistance that can develop. Now I do not worry about my fasting glucose levels not being 60. It is not like I am trying to fight cancer by starving it of glucose.
I think at the rate my health was failing from carb abuse may have made my results of living in ketosis different from an obese person that is 40 years younger than me but in relative good health still.
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"A review published in the journal Current Diabetes Reportsfound that eating a high-fat diet puts people at a greater risk of developing insulin resistance. Artificial sweeteners may also indirectly contribute to insulin resistance."
This is from the article. LCHF includes lots of fat. What do you think?
I really do not know. I think the article may be referring to people who have a poor diet, eat mainly bad fat and eat a lot of processed foods.
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physiological insulin resistance
Some people find that as they reduce their carbohydrates that their fasting blood sugars will drift up. This has been termed ‘physiological insulin resistance’ and is where the body develops a level of insulin resistance in the muscles to prioritise glucose for the brain. For some people this can be a transitionary phase on the way to stable ketosis. It’s not thought to be something to be concerned about as it doesn’t cause elevated levels of insulin which is what can be really detrimental.
However some type 1 diabetics find it to be an issue long term and choose to increase the carbohydrates and protein in their food so they are just outside nutritional ketosis to reduce this effect.
My experience is that during this phase my post meal blood sugars were great even though the fasting blood sugars were higher than optimal. As I continued to persist with more fat and added some intermittent fasting this went away and I was able to achieve lower fasting blood sugars.
Particularly during this time it is important to keep an eye on your average blood sugar (i.e. both fasting and after meals) and make sure it’s under 5.4mmol/L (100mg/dL).
https://optimisingnutrition.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/ketosis-the-cure-for-diabetes/ The source for the above about LCHF induced insulin resistence.0 -
inspirationstation wrote: »Interesting article. My 8 year old son has ADHD and eating enough protein and fat is highly recommended for management of his condition. Granted, I got that information from extensive reading, rather than his Ped. His brain operates completely different than mine and those two components IMPROVE how he processes information.
As far as the article, it doesn't really address the carb issue much, but rather swapping out lower GI foods for high and eliminating sugar/sweets. So, I can't help but wonder if their "high fat" reference has to do with the general assumption that higher fat foods are also higher carb/sweet. And I find that most general diabetes publication advocate for far more carbs than I allow myself per day. They still operate under the 30 gm for breakfast and snacks, and 45-60gms for lunch and dinner. And...there was that eat every 3 hour reference too, which many of us do not find necessary.
Still, good information regarding memory. I recently read another article that Alzheimer's disease is regarded to be a Type 3 Diabetes by some.
I think it is all very confusing myself. I agree the article does not touch on several subjects and probably a lot of generalizations. But, still interesting and makes me want to delve further into the subject.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »
Some people find that as they reduce their carbohydrates that their fasting blood sugars will drift up.
My experience is that during this phase my post meal blood sugars were great even though the fasting blood sugars were higher than optimal. As I continued to persist with more fat and added some intermittent fasting this went away and I was able to achieve lower fasting blood sugars.
Good to know ... I haven't been able to get my fasting BS below 125, but I can test at any other point in the day and they are at or below 100. Having labs done this weekend and will see how much my A1C reduced from what it was 6 weeks ago.
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Thank you Rosser for posting, I sent it to my low carb local friends...
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
95 pounds down, 29 to go.
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