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I have been reading about the connection between Leptin levels and Insulin resistance and it is pretty interesting.
Leptin is not something that most people, including Doctors are aware of simply because there is no pill for it! There has been quite a bit of research done on it however.
Diabetics, particularly type II's appear to have not only insulin-resistance but also Leptin-resistance and it seems that Leptin is the major player. It can also affect other things including thyroid, etc.
It does seem to be affected by the amount of carbs we generally consume in the 'Western' diet, but also the constant need to snack. Because we don't start our lives with a properly balanced diet - throwing the routine into a carb-fuelled yo-yo blood sugar/insulin process, Leptin, like insulin eventually becomes unstable and starts to throw the whole thing out of gear.
Getting the insulin stable is as much to do with getting the Leptin stable as anything else it seems. And the way to do that is yes, to cut down on carbs, particularly processed ones, but also to facilitate the fat-burning process properly by eating at the right time and not snacking, by getting good sleep - during sleep is a crucial fat-burning time, and by exercising at the right time.
One of my problems for years has been an overwhelming urge to snack in the evenings, but I have been trying this, particularly not eating again after having my dinner by 7pm and by the time I go to bed my blood sugar is sitting quite happily and stably at around 5. Any snacking in the evening, even if I have had insulin seems to whop it up - then it is high in the morning too.
If we snack in the evening the body is using carbs or protein for fuel and is not triggered into the fat-burning mode.
Here, I think maybe Byron Richards can explain it far better than I can...........
http://www.naturalnews.com/025405_sugar ... sulin.html
One interesting thing although I have only been following the protocol for a few days, usually I wake up with no appetite and rarely eat much before lunch, this morning I awoke with a proper hunger response and went down and did myself a couple of scrambled eggs. So it does make a difference.
I have been reading several articles and pieces of research on the net, I have Byron Richards book and am just awaiting Ron Rosedale's book too.
PS. Another point Byron Richards makes is something I twigged recently with myself - if the body is toxic, weight loss won't happen because fat is a toxin store. It won't release the toxins if they have nowhere to go so getting the elimination process working better is an important part of the weight-loss procedure.
Byetta 'forced' my body to lose weight, and fairly rapidly, but my body became very toxic because it couldn't get rid of it fast enough and I became quite ill. Funnily enough I was talking to someone from Diabetes UK yesterday who said that he knows someone who uses Byetta and she became very ill for a while on it although she is still taking it. I wonder if she became very toxic too......
Leptin is not something that most people, including Doctors are aware of simply because there is no pill for it! There has been quite a bit of research done on it however.
Diabetics, particularly type II's appear to have not only insulin-resistance but also Leptin-resistance and it seems that Leptin is the major player. It can also affect other things including thyroid, etc.
It does seem to be affected by the amount of carbs we generally consume in the 'Western' diet, but also the constant need to snack. Because we don't start our lives with a properly balanced diet - throwing the routine into a carb-fuelled yo-yo blood sugar/insulin process, Leptin, like insulin eventually becomes unstable and starts to throw the whole thing out of gear.
Getting the insulin stable is as much to do with getting the Leptin stable as anything else it seems. And the way to do that is yes, to cut down on carbs, particularly processed ones, but also to facilitate the fat-burning process properly by eating at the right time and not snacking, by getting good sleep - during sleep is a crucial fat-burning time, and by exercising at the right time.
One of my problems for years has been an overwhelming urge to snack in the evenings, but I have been trying this, particularly not eating again after having my dinner by 7pm and by the time I go to bed my blood sugar is sitting quite happily and stably at around 5. Any snacking in the evening, even if I have had insulin seems to whop it up - then it is high in the morning too.
If we snack in the evening the body is using carbs or protein for fuel and is not triggered into the fat-burning mode.
Here, I think maybe Byron Richards can explain it far better than I can...........
http://www.naturalnews.com/025405_sugar ... sulin.html
One interesting thing although I have only been following the protocol for a few days, usually I wake up with no appetite and rarely eat much before lunch, this morning I awoke with a proper hunger response and went down and did myself a couple of scrambled eggs. So it does make a difference.
I have been reading several articles and pieces of research on the net, I have Byron Richards book and am just awaiting Ron Rosedale's book too.
PS. Another point Byron Richards makes is something I twigged recently with myself - if the body is toxic, weight loss won't happen because fat is a toxin store. It won't release the toxins if they have nowhere to go so getting the elimination process working better is an important part of the weight-loss procedure.
Byetta 'forced' my body to lose weight, and fairly rapidly, but my body became very toxic because it couldn't get rid of it fast enough and I became quite ill. Funnily enough I was talking to someone from Diabetes UK yesterday who said that he knows someone who uses Byetta and she became very ill for a while on it although she is still taking it. I wonder if she became very toxic too......