Monthly Archives: August 2006

Insulin index

One problem with David Mendosa’s article about the insulin index, which I referenced yesterday, is that the insulin index table he gives doesn’t tell you very much about the foods contained in it. For example, as a correspondent pointed out … Continue reading

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A new Precision Nutrition customer

A couple of weeks ago, when I discovered Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training program, I thought that the cardio & weigh training parts of my person program for health were the only parts that needed tweaking. But John Berardi’s website, especially … Continue reading

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Insulin: An anabolic hormone

Someone on my insulin resistance list took extreme exception to my post there yesterday on insulin response (upon which my blog post yesterday, “Insulin response: It ain’t just the carbs” is based). I’d quoted from “The Anabolic Power of Insulin: … Continue reading

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Insulin response: It ain't just the carbs

Someone on my insulin resistance forum asked about insulin response to saturated fats. But it ain’t just the carbs, ain’t just the saturated fat which elicit the secretion of insulin in our bodies. A study on the insulin demand of … Continue reading

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John Berardi on nutrition

Since learning about Turbulence Training last week, I’ve been subscribing to TT creator Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training blog. Today that resulted in a nice little nugget — a nugget that led to a pretty rich vein. The nugget was Ballantyne’s … Continue reading

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