Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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http://www.robbwolf.com/2012/03/09/paleo-diet-inflammation-metformin/

An Inflammation Odyssey 2012

Let’s look at a few things we suspect play a role in insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia:

1-Carbohydrate load

1A-Fructose

2-Lack of exercise

3-Vitamin D- deficiency

4-Sleep dept

5-Stress

6-Sepsis (infection)

These are just a few snips from the post. I will let you read rather than trying to summarize.

flag	asked Mar 9 2012 at 18:36 JayJay 18.6k●6●28

DFH · Answer 1 · 2012-03-09 18:45:53Z UTC

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Yes.

I like this quote-"...Carbs and insulin are certainly factors, but not in the way we have classically viewed them. With proper vitamin D levels, activity, and in the absence of gut irritating proteins* carbohydrates as a food class may not be damnable. BUT! And please take fracking note of this: if you have a systemic inflammatory condition (most modern folks do), a low-carb paleo diet is likely the best thing you could possibly do to dial down the fires within and get on the road to healing..."

Let's just say he's right. This explains a lot. It certainly explains why a lot of us dealing with a system crash cling to low carb, and so do the drs treating us.

I think the Paleo folks re-discovering carbs lately are, for the most part, not coming from such a damaged starting point.

answered Mar 9 2012 at 18:45

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Yeah, glad you point that part out. Summarizes the intent of the article quite well. – JayJay Mar 9 2012 at 19:30

I agree with JayJay. In that sense both sides of the debate are "right." And I can verify due to recent stress that said stress is a very fast way to throw your blood glucose out of whack. – Nance Mar 9 2012 at 19:51

I'm an outlier. I'm coming from a damaged starting point but think that there are things worth experimenting with to restore ability to handle carbs (like HIIT). My 100g or so of sweet potato a day is not high carb to be sure, but it's certainly more than some LCers eat. And when my elimination diet is over in April, I'll be adding the rice back in. – Beth-WeightMaven Mar 9 2012 at 20:48

@Beth, I'm going the other way! Sweet potatoes are still a bit dodgy for me but rice is going just fine! LOL – Nance Mar 9 2012 at 20:56

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grace-If I understand your question, as one that got the SAD advice and medical runaround for ten frustrating years, once you find something that starts to work, you cling to it like your life depended on it! – DFH Mar 10 2012 at 0:30

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Nance · Answer 2 · 2012-03-09 19:56:41Z UTC

I liked Robb's article a LOT.

It certainly seems to address why I couldn't tolerate dairy or starch a year ago and why I'm handling both pretty well now.

But, I have one "Hmm" I'm trying to reconcile, in that at a time when I was drinking tons of HFCS(Coke/Pepsi) and adding a large quantity of fat around my waist, I was tested for inflammation and it came back "zero." My doctor was frankly surprised and so was I. We thought all my symptoms indicated high inflammation--before I eliminated wheat and all those symptoms went away.

In the absence of wheat, my results are completely in line with Robb's article but why didn't the (assumed) inflammation caused by wheat and HFCS show up in the test? Hmm.

Bill1102inf · Answer 3 · 2012-03-09 20:19:33Z UTC

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Robb Wolf "I’m not sure what this means."

End of story

answered Mar 9 2012 at 20:19

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Yup...silly guy, admitting he doesn't know everything! What a frakin amateur ;) – JayJay Mar 10 2012 at 3:12

greymouser · Answer 4 · 2012-03-09 18:41:59Z UTC

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Yes ... but what was the question? ;-)

Great summary type article, regardless.

answered Mar 9 2012 at 18:41

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You answered it with your "yes"....:) – JayJay Mar 9 2012 at 19:30

Andreas · Answer 5 · 2012-03-09 20:13:52Z UTC

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I think that the most important factor in IR is cellular energy excess. Overeating in general is the problem, not a certain amount of carbs. The SAD high crap diet is high in carbs but not low in fat or protein for that matter.

answered Mar 9 2012 at 20:13

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The SAD people who try to eat healthy can go low on both protein and healthy fat. I know because I did. I realized part of the problem and increased my protein but didn't realize right away I was using the wrong/worst fats. – Nance Mar 9 2012 at 20:18

Anonymous Chump · Answer 6 · 2012-03-31 00:58:15Z UTC

I stumbled across this very recent interview of Robb Wolf. I think it aired yesterday. Interviewer isn't too good, but there's some really interesting stuff here. Sounds like Robb has some really big things working.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/carsonscorner/2012/03/30/carsons-corner-mma-continues-with

Does this new post by Robb Wolf clear things up for you?

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