395: Low Carb, High Insulin?

<p>Insulin is the master fat loss hormone. Optimizing insulin production and release means fat loss, energy, satiety and the absence of cravings.</p> <p>Not optimizing insulin means fat storage, difficulty burning fat, fatigue, mood swings, cravings and more.</p> <p>In episode 394 we introduced the insulin index and explained how insulin can be impacted even when blood sugar is not.</p> <p>Today we're getting tactical & specific - reviewing which foods might have zero carbs but still produce a measurable insulin response and what you should do about it.</p> <p><a href= "http://primalpotential.com/395/">http://primalpotential.com/395/</a></p> <h2>Resources:</h2> <p>The formula for insulin load:</p> <p><strong><em>insulin load = total carbohydrate – fiber + 0.56 x protein – 0.725 x fructose</em></strong></p> <p><a href= "https://public.tableau.com/profile/publish/foodinsulinindexanalysis/insulinloadvsFII#!/publish-confirm"> Chart of carbohydrate versus Food Insulin Index</a></p> <p><a href= "https://optimisingnutrition.com/2015/07/06/insulin-index-v2/">Optimising Nutrition on the Food Insulin Index</a></p> <p><a href= "https://optimisingnutrition.com/food-insulin-index/"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-17770 size-full" src= "http://primalpotential.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-5.02.37-PM.png" alt="" width="706" height="736" /></a></p> <p>To understand more about this, listen to the following episodes of the Primal Potential podcast:</p> <p><a href= "http://primalpotential.com/episode-009-carbohydrate-spillover/">Episode 009: Carb Spillover</a></p> <p><a href= "http://primalpotential.com/understanding-fat-loss/">Episode 058: Understanding Fat Loss</a></p> <p><a href="http://primalpotential.com/fruit-fructose/">Episode 021: Fruit & Fructose</a></p> <p><a href= "http://primalpotential.com/why-calorie-counting-doesnt-work-for-fat-loss/"> Why Calorie Counting Doesn't Work</a></p> <p><a href="http://primalpotential.com/ascendboston/">ASCEND Boston </a></p> <p>Have you tried <a href= "http://thr