BLOOD SUGAR AND THE HIGH CARBOHVARATE DIET: LETTING INSULIN GET THE UPPER HAND
May 12th, 2010
Let’s revisit the high-carb menu as it relates to insulin/glucagon balance. Those healthy-looking menus from the diets espoused by Barnard, McDougall, and the Diamonds stoke your furnace with grains, fruits, and vegetables but are deficient in two macronutrients—protein and fat (essential fatty acids)—that help slow down the release of sugars into the bloodstream. When protein [...]