Insulin and Milk

[Guest guest]

From the latest GI Index report. This is an excerpt from an article by Alan

Barclay. Take what

you want from this. I am posting it here because we have lots of milk drinkers.

" We are often asked about dairy goods stimulating insulin secretion. First of

all, it's important

to note that all protein foods (yes that includes meat, fish and eggs) stimulate

insulin

secretion – that's why you may see them described as being 'insulinogenic' to

use the

technical term. However, the proteins in milk may be more insulinogenic than

other protein

foods because they are meant to help young mammals grow and develop. One of

insulin's

many functions is to act as a growth hormone designed to drive nutrients into

cells – not just

glucose but also amino acids, the building blocks of new tissue. It is thought

that milk may

contain a unique combination of amino acids that in combination are more insulin

stimulating than any others alone. There is no evidence that this either

increases the risk of

weight gain or lifestyle-related diseases like type 2 diabetes. "

http://ginews.blogspot.com/2008/07/gi-symbol-news-with-alan-barclay.html

[Guest guest]

" Thanks for this. I know some of the glucose is used up when making yogurt, but

do you

think the amino acids remain in a form and are usable for this important

function of driving

nutrients into cells? My ND had me cut out milk and now I'm been making it into

yogurt and

not drinking it as raw milk at all. Not sure this is a good idea, but I did

seem to be gaining a

lot of weight on it and she was concerned that I was getting too many carbs from

it. "

If you were gaining weight on milk, it would be a good idea to switch to a lower

calorie

alternative. Also, cutting carbs is probably a good idea for overall health. I

am off cheese for

a while as I am trying to create a caloric deficit, but raw cheese might be a

carb but certainly

not calorie free alternative to raw milk.

I don't like the taste of yogurt, so I cannot help there.