Carbs are "clean burning fuel". Digesting proteins and fats leave ash or residue. And yes, carbs are processed more quickly, which can be good or bad.
I looked up gall bladder recently and noted with interest that vertebrates have gall bladders (which help digest fats) because vertebrates eat in boluses. Huh. Horses and rats are exceptions among vertebrates in that they have no gall bladder. Double huh. Horses eat less fat (more carb). They need more clean burning fuel for quick energy? Hmm. Rats nibble all day so they don't need a gall bladder?
It's interesting how much of the diabetic condition is focused on the things in this diagram. Not shown is the liver which has like 500 different jobs to do - one of which is producing bile, a digestive fluid that is concentrated and stored in the gall bladder for when it's needed. The stomach which seems like the center of the diabetic universe if not just the anatomy, or the day. The duodenum - hack it up and presto, T2 is all fixed! Alcohol can make the duodenum more porous and can lead to greater carb sensitivity. And there's that ever lovin' pancreas.
Jeezum, I recall not so long ago being "fat dumb and happy". I'm still fat, though a bit less so. Still dumb - but I'm workin' on it. Happy, well, always a work in progress. Ya know?
