Sunday, February 28, 2010

Re: [fast5] (Phil: muscles, protein)

 

What kind of meat? I ask this because I've been studying the effects of heme iron on blood sugar, and the results are pretty interesting. Even though you would not think "meat" affects blood glucose, iron does in fact affect blood sugar in ways that have been documented for some time, although I haven't seen a good explanation of why this is so.  The amount of available iron varies wildly between foods, and also depends on what *else* you consume in the same meal.


Anyway, a good experiment would be to try a meal that uses *fish* or *whey* for protein ... either one has low iron availability, but plenty of protein. If you blood glucose still rises, then the protein might be the issue. But if it only rises with beef, then it might be the heme iron.



On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Karen <laurvick@charter.net> wrote:


Thanks for this input, Phil.
 
I think part of my situation is my blood sugar.
 
I did not know I had a problem until last September.
 
In mid-August, I changed my WOE to high fat, low carb and moderate protein.
 
My protein intake now is about 60g where previously, i was consuming 100-150gP.
 
Perhaps if i try to have more fat (but this mean more calories...) with my Protein, i can have MORE protein...
 
but i had 4 oz of meat for one meal and my BS spiked.
 
I just don't know how to eat as much protein as i feel i'd need to eat along with enough fat to stabilize blood sugar within the 5-hr window...
 
(apologies.  for some reason, i can't 'snip' Phil's post...)


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