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Originally Posted by BrianSCohen  ... and that eating a big meal, even one with no carbs and no protein could invoke an insulin response is interesting... |
This must be a hypothetical meal but...
I'm having trouble even imagining a 'big meal' that has no carbs and no protein. I'm stumped. What are we talkin' about here, just fat and micronutrients? Maybe some insoluble fiber (carbs that don't count)? EVOO with a crushed up vitamin pill? Help me understand!
I mean, even if your meal was just a huge bowl of avocado (
nutrition info) it's still 8.5% carbs, 2% protein, 15% fat and 73% water. Avocado is the closest thing I can think of that is actually food and mostly fat. Even then for every 8 parts fat you're getting 4 parts carbs and 1 part protein.
I guess the practical implication here is that no matter what you eat (assuming it's actually food) you should expect blood glucose to rise. All foods are something like 99% water+carbs+protein+fats, the rest is micronutrients. We all know too well that certain specific kinds of carbs will have the greatest effect. The new info is that proteins and fats will also have some effect. Add to this the fact that stress, infections, medications and various normal internal workings of the body itself will raise blood glucose.
The net seems to be that our ability to effect blood glucose is, in practical terms, limited to a mere fraction of the variables at work. There is no ideal food. Variety which is itself vital, necessarily brings with it things that are guaranteed to raise blood glucose even if you cut way back on carbs. It is up to us to manage it all as well as we can.
Good luck y'all!
