Thank you so much Camy! You are correct!
Insulin resistance was mentioned in the thread so I looked it up and within it, it explained how the fat storage worked, which 2 of the 3 of my nutritionists and my personal trainer had said.
I have no freakin clue if I have it.
This is why you need to go to a DOCTOR and ask for blood work done on you to TEST for it.
I know that technically one calorie = one calorie. I was saying that if something was eaten that had loads of sugar and was 200 calories (for instance) vs something that was eaten that was, say, a veggie and was 200 calories...it was to my knowledge that the former could possibly make you retain fat b/c of the insulin cycle thing.
It doesn't make you fat.
It creates a fat storage. But
if your body is at equilibrium -- in other words, you're not consuming more than it needs, even as it creates the new fat storage -- you will be spend another fat storage to give your body the energy it needs.
I believe this makes it a wash.
Any other medical or scientific professionals can jump right in.
This was basically the question/point of my post. I don't know how many times or ways I can say the same thing..Are they really equal in terms of fat storage? So I am completely on topic.
If you are a NORMAL human being, yes, it's equal.
If you are IR, it's not.
From what I understand, Steve is saying our bodies do not work that way. I posted the article I found explaining how the storage process works, according to the article. So is this article WRONG? Is this misinformation?
This article is for INSULIN RESISTENT PEOPLE... like me. But to a certain point that I will try to explain later.
If it is RIGHT, it may account for my problem. If it is wrong, then I'd like to find out what the problem is so I don't pull my hair out.
You problem is that you don't know if you are IR. Get tested. Get tested. Get tested.
Btw, I have had my sugar tested a few weeks ago, due to a suggestion from a nutritionist, and I believe it was around 80.
This sounds like a perfectly normal blood sugar test -- it was the pin prick, right?
But this is only testing your sugar at that moment in time. Were you fasting? Did you just eat a meal? How much sugar was in that meal? etc. Without that information, it's hard to determine if it is.
It doesn't sound like you've done a lot of research on the web about this -- google insulin resistance. It will give you millions of website -- hit the medical ones.
My mom has type 2 diabetes, though no one (docs included) can understand why. She doesn't eat junk, she exercises, no history of it, and has never been overweight. Just unlucky.
No, not unlucky. Diabetes comes from the pancreas breaking down. Her pancreas could have broken down because of medication, genetics, or other problems.
People that get Type II in the "standard" way have overworked their pancreas to the point of exhaustion.
From what I understand, if you take all those years of eating whatever you want, not necessarily exercising, not necessarily taking care of your body, your organs will try to desperately reach that perfect balance again -- the body wants to be healthy, it's not choosing to be fat or sick or whatever. But after years of this lifestyle, the pancreas poops out, and that's how diabetes begins -- the pancreas starts failing to produce the right amount of insulin needed for the body's consumption of carbohydrates.
There is one thing I will add -- it is fundamental to understand that for someone who is IR, it isn't only about creating fat storage. Eating empty carbohydrates makes the insulin in your blood stream go nuts. That causes a feeling in your brain of being "high" as the insulin gets there, your may feel "hunger" because your body is now asking for MORE food so the extra insulin in the blood can bind to, etc. It's a vicious cycle, because if you don't consume the right foods, you'll have the tendency to eat more.
When you get these feelings -- and I do -- you feel like shit. You know it's happening to your body. You get cranky, you continue to eat, you're "hungry" again later.... it just keeps going. So, clearly, if you're supposed to be eating 1600 calories a day, you've now found yourself eating 1600 calories in one sitting.
This is why your nutritionist will probably tell you that you should eat carbohydrates with protein -- and WHOLE carbohydrates -- because the protein and the "wholeness" will take longer to digest and not send a spike of insulin into your bloodstream. Not because it's necessarily creating a fat storage.
You need to figure this out with your nutritionists. They should be aware of it. Without knowing if your mom's diabetes is hereditary, you don't know if you need to be vigilant about heading on that path.
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Sorry I should have stuck with the topic. My mistake. Bend me over and spank me!
