Not sure if you guys saw this, but a study came out in Cell where they measured the insulin response in a group of 800 people.
Their observations were, in many cases, surprising.
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I think these results are definitely not intuitive, which just goes to show that everyone needs to figure out their diet on their own. Maybe this is why diets in general seem to have so much variability (in addition to compliance issues), some people just do not respond in the "normal" way.
Link to article analyzing paper.
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Each member of the sample population was connected to a continuous glucose monitor that measured their interstitial glucose levels every 5 min for a full week (using subcutaneous sensors). They collected more than 2,000 measurements per participant, for a total of more than 1.6 million measurements for the entire population.
Their observations were, in many cases, surprising.
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When the researchers analyzed their collected results, their findings varied from the expected, to those that were truly startling. As expected, the researchers were able to validate known associations of PPGRs with risk factors such as BMI, glycated hemoglobin, morning glucose levels, and age. The scientists did make some surprising observations, noting that these associations were not limited to extreme values; associations between these known risk factors occurred over the entire phenotypic spectrum, indicating that incremental differences in the glucose response may be clinically relevant for some risk factors.
Nutrition is personal. A high degree of variability exists in the responses of different people to the same food.
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Participant A maintained a stable blood glucose level after eating a cookie but responded with elevated glucose levels after eating a banana. Conversely, participant B experienced an increase in blood glucose level after eating a cookie, but not after consuming a banana.
a middle-aged woman who was obese and pre diabetic learned that her “healthy” eating habits may have actually been unhealthy for her. The researchers found that in her case, eating tomatoes resulted in an “unhealthy” blood sugar spike, as the woman ate tomatoes frequently over the course of the week long monitoring period, this “healthy” habit may have been undermining her health.
I think these results are definitely not intuitive, which just goes to show that everyone needs to figure out their diet on their own. Maybe this is why diets in general seem to have so much variability (in addition to compliance issues), some people just do not respond in the "normal" way.
Link to article analyzing paper.