Gluconeogenesis (Glucose from Protein) was Re: Insulin Spike - ?

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> The only problem is that you don't WANT your body to get into the

> habit of dipping into its protein reserves for sugar.

>

> -

Yeah, I understand that you don't want to... but if you are fasting,

it happens. Or, if you are on a low-fat/low-carb diet (I have seen

sooo many people make this mistake - including myself, and I wasn't a

dieter!), it can happen. Theoretically it could happen even though

you consumed fat or carbs, if they are not enough for your energy

demands.

Honestly, I would think that insulin production in response to protein

is learned by being in protein burning mode too often. If the body

never needed to make glucose out of protein, why would it know to

release insulin?

Is there an easy way to tell if you have switched to protein burning

mode? (Mastering Leptin talks about a smooth, gliding feeling to

muscles when exercising in fat burning mode.)

I used to fall into a low-fat/low-carb diet because I got these bouts

of anorexia where I didn't really want to eat anything but meat (could

be because the carbs were refined and the fats were hydrogenated and

rancid). Eventually, that got me sick cause I wasn't eating much

Vitamin A (or D, or E and I certainly wasn't intaking enough fat to

metabolize them).

The longer I eat NT, the more my body begins to crave different foods

during these bouts. At first it was just stock I wanted with my

protein. Now the low-fat instinct is dying off the more I focus on

good fats (I guess I got toxic from PUFAs, hydrogenated and trans

fats). Now that my body is re-familiarized with Saturated fat: I now

go into a saturated fat kick instead of a protein kick. I think my

body is finally understanding what it actually needs and it is getting

much better at asking for it.

On a side note, I get so frustrated when I need foods I used to eat in

huge amounts as a kid, but stopped because they were " bad " . I guess

that really puts a new meaning to " Ignorance is Bliss. "

-Lana