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Pittsburg, Kansas | Protein by itself with its natural fat included causes very little blood spike. A little but very small.
Meat protein added in on top of carbohydrates, particularly fast carbohydrates, is additive. In other words it adds in on top of the spike the carbs would have created.
This is according to insulin researcher Ben Bikman. The reason is because of the state of insulin. If insulin is already high (as it would be if carbs are eaten) then the protein that is excess and not used as building blocks for the body goes to fat storage. So the extra calories show up in the blood stream. But if insulin is low, fat causes virtually no increase in blood sugar and protein adds very little.
This is in a regular metabolically healthy person. In a person that is insulin resistant (that always has high levels of insulin) then there will be more blood sugar response than a person that is healthy with low insulin.
How all this relates to pregnacy I have not researched because I am well past the age of wanting babies. But I do know (because of listening to Bikman) two natural states of natural insulin resistance come at two different times in the life of a human. Puberty and pregnacy. Insulin is a growth hormone and those are two times in life growth is very important.
https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=benjamin+bikman+i...
Edit: I think this is the one where he shows the research to back up what I am saying above. If it is the one I recall (might not be) he refers to the "fed state". And according to the fed state (and resulting insulin level) will determine if protein raises blood sugar much or hardly at all.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CVeowq7ZItw&pp=ygUhYmVuamFtaW4gYmlrbWF...
If you want an overview of what Bikman talks about in his many interviews and presentations here is a relative short presentation he gave to a student audience a few years ago. Plagues of Prosperity. This is the cliff notes version of what he has learned in research and what he teaches his students.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xefdEXfG9j0&t=0s
Edit: minute 21 for fat, protein and carbs influence on insulin levels (and associated blood glucose)
Edited by John Burns 12/26/2023 07:38
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