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All women with the "hunter" gene get gestational diabetes.
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<blockquote data-quote="yetta2mymom" data-source="post: 1564948" data-attributes="member: 279057"><p>In the sense I have used the "hunter" gene there is only one. It is a different way of processing sugar. 1 of the attributes of this method is that you do not lose weight on a low carb diet. So you do not starve if you eat a standard hunter gather diet. The way it works is if you eat a low carb diet you have an insulin releases to process protein. You need insulin to prevent a build up of ammonia in the blood (you can die from that). After insulin processing you pea most of the result. However once the insulin is in the blood it also changes sugar into fat. I speculate that all humans have the ability to produce the hormones used in the placenta to make babies insulin resistant and to prevent very low blood sugar you release these hormones when necessary. "Normal" people probably produce these hormones but in any case their blood sugar becomes lower than the body is comfortable with. So the liver changes fat into sugar. Changing sugar into fat and then changing fat into sugar is very energy intensive. I have read that up to 1/3 the energy is lost in this process. So you lose weight. People with my gene are usually insulin resistant. We are producing the necessary hormones most of the time. We do not change sugar into fat</p><p></p><p></p><p>mod edit: fixed the quote so the reply could be read</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yetta2mymom, post: 1564948, member: 279057"] In the sense I have used the "hunter" gene there is only one. It is a different way of processing sugar. 1 of the attributes of this method is that you do not lose weight on a low carb diet. So you do not starve if you eat a standard hunter gather diet. The way it works is if you eat a low carb diet you have an insulin releases to process protein. You need insulin to prevent a build up of ammonia in the blood (you can die from that). After insulin processing you pea most of the result. However once the insulin is in the blood it also changes sugar into fat. I speculate that all humans have the ability to produce the hormones used in the placenta to make babies insulin resistant and to prevent very low blood sugar you release these hormones when necessary. "Normal" people probably produce these hormones but in any case their blood sugar becomes lower than the body is comfortable with. So the liver changes fat into sugar. Changing sugar into fat and then changing fat into sugar is very energy intensive. I have read that up to 1/3 the energy is lost in this process. So you lose weight. People with my gene are usually insulin resistant. We are producing the necessary hormones most of the time. We do not change sugar into fat mod edit: fixed the quote so the reply could be read [/QUOTE]
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