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<blockquote data-quote="reidpj" data-source="post: 974119" data-attributes="member: 36922"><p>Bear with me on this as I could be completely wrong:</p><p></p><p>You have lost 4 kg in 2 weeks, most, if not all, of which is body fat - your BS readings would indicate that your glycogan stores are intact, or are constantly being replaced; so not much of the weight loss can be put down to water.</p><p></p><p>For your body to liberate it's fat stores, your insulin level needs to be low.</p><p></p><p>As your BS is raised (and your eating low carb), your liver must be churning out the glucose via gluconeogenisis.</p><p></p><p>Glucagon signals the liver to start gluconeogenisis (and to convert its stored glycogen to glucose).</p><p></p><p>Dietary protein usually stimulates the pancreas to secrete both insulin and glucagon (insulin is needed to get protein into the muscle cells, amongst its myriad other uses).</p><p></p><p>Your pancreas may not be secreting enough insulin to deal with the carbs and protein that you are eating together, although your glucagon secreation is not affected - leading to raised BS caused by recently consumed carbs and the glucose released by the liver.</p><p></p><p>I cannot eat carbs and protein together without raising my BS levels to over 8 (my level, normally, never exceeds 5.8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reidpj, post: 974119, member: 36922"] Bear with me on this as I could be completely wrong: You have lost 4 kg in 2 weeks, most, if not all, of which is body fat - your BS readings would indicate that your glycogan stores are intact, or are constantly being replaced; so not much of the weight loss can be put down to water. For your body to liberate it's fat stores, your insulin level needs to be low. As your BS is raised (and your eating low carb), your liver must be churning out the glucose via gluconeogenisis. Glucagon signals the liver to start gluconeogenisis (and to convert its stored glycogen to glucose). Dietary protein usually stimulates the pancreas to secrete both insulin and glucagon (insulin is needed to get protein into the muscle cells, amongst its myriad other uses). Your pancreas may not be secreting enough insulin to deal with the carbs and protein that you are eating together, although your glucagon secreation is not affected - leading to raised BS caused by recently consumed carbs and the glucose released by the liver. I cannot eat carbs and protein together without raising my BS levels to over 8 (my level, normally, never exceeds 5.8) [/QUOTE]
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