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Originally Posted by BriOnH  In the CD's he says that if you put rocks in your stomach (What's funny is I could totally see people tha rag on Bernstein, take this comment literally) it will increase BG. The simple fact of
Stomach expansion --> Causes alpha cells to excrete glucugon --> raises BGL (via Glyogen -> Glucose) |
So what if you totally load up on water? I would think then, that regardless with what you distend your stomach (lettuce, water, meat, carbs), you are activating the nerve pathways that ultimately result in glucagon release and increased blood sugar. Except that when you have distended your stomach with nutrients and not water, the metabolism of those nutrients should inhibit the release of glucagon. Water wouldn't have that effect, so should we see a detectable rise in BG if we drown our stomachs in water? Has anyone noticed an effect such as this? Does anyone know the magnitude of this effect, does Bernstein or Atkins or anyone else address it? I wonder if we're just talking about a tiny increase here....
And in thinking about the person who ate a head of lettuce before swimming and ended up with higher BG levels afterward.... who says it was the lettuce and not the exercise that increased it?
