If I hear this one more time…
I have thought about diet a lot, both professionally and personally. There are a lot of strong feelings about this subject, but one thing that I find really provoking is found in the comments sections following news articles about a personal weight-loss journey of a previously obese man or woman. It usually carries a somewhat cocky attitude along the lines of, “Simple. Just eat less move more!”
There are people who eat too much, and there are people who could do with some exercise – not for weight loss but just for health in general. But trying to lose weight is not as simple as ‘calories in should be less than calories out’.
I have subscribed to keto/carnivore/vegetarian health podcasts just to compare notes. If you read the comments left under some of the videos from the ‘health gurus’ in question they say things like this;
Carnivore podcast
‘I used to be a vegetarian and it wrecked my health, now I am a carnivore I feel so much better. My blood pressure has improved, I have lost weight, and my brain fog has cleared!’
Vegetarian podcast
‘I used to eat meat and it wrecked my health, now I am a vegetarian I feel so much better. My blood pressure has improved, I have lost weight, and my brain fog has cleared!’
Keto podcast
‘I used to eat a low-fat diet and it wrecked my health, now I eat a low carb diet I feel so much better. My blood pressure has improved, I have lost weight, and my brain fog has cleared!’
What does this tell us?
People are different, their bodies react differently to food, and diet IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS CALORIE CONTROL!
Whatever diet you find that is best for you, there is still one important fact that is scientifically true for us all.
Although sensitivity to insulin can vary from person to person, the bottom line is that insulin is a fat-storage hormone. That is why diabetics who must inject with insulin rarely lose weight, and why sometimes the areas where they inject most frequently becomes ‘fatty’.
If we know that insulin encourages fat storage, then we should be interested in what provokes the biggest and most consistent rise in insulin release.
The answer to that question is interesting, because it is exactly the opposite of what official NHS health education has been saying for decades, and still does say, in many cases.
One of the clearest answers to that question is delivered in a mini lecture from Dr Paul Mason from Australia. It is just over 30 minutes long and if you are obese, insulin-resistant, pre-diabetic or if you have Diabetes 2, it may just save your health life.
Let me know what you think…
