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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1524014" data-attributes="member: 196898">I have to say I have read them all the way through, and actually started to understand them.  They make sense, and are in line with other research I did a while ago when I researched the Krebs cycle (or Citric Cycle) that governs glucose uptake into cells.PS it helps to understand that the term HGP that they use is what I would normally call Blood Glucose Levels.  The recent discovery of adiponectin and its effect on glucose takeup is interesting.I will try to get my head around why WFPB can reduce HPG (bgl) and if it reduces muscle IR or Adipocyte IR or both.  I can see how LCHF can reduce the adipocyte IR and indirectly help reduce muscle IR,Edit to add:  First clue - increased fibre increases adiponectin levels<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21967160" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21967160</a>Second clue: the following foods increase adiponectin : avacadoes,olive oil, pumpkin, chocolate, peanuts,  Most of these are either forbidden or at least frowned on in WFPB diet.</blockquote>

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