With low levels of IGF-1 you are predisposed to having atherosclerosis, diabetes, osteoporosis, alzheimer’s and all sorts of aliments, basically your body goes into a catabolic state where tissue is being broken down and unable to be rebuild. Insulin is the key that prevents all these diseases.
The IGF-1 has to be in the right place for best results. Low carb puts in in the muscles where you want it:
http://www.ergo-log....log....html otherwise you are fueling the growth of things that may cause you problems.
http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/19470786http://news.harvard....igf1.story.htmlLast week, the researchers announced that, in a six-year study of 32,826 nurses, those with the highest (blood) levels of IGF-1 had a two-and- a-half times greater risk of colorectal cancerIf you are sensitive to it, spiking the shit out of your insulin three times a day will give you great metabolic effects and body composition, but when you do this, you have to make sure that fat and fructose intakes are extremely low. Eating baked or boiled potatoes causes a massive amount of insulin to be secreted, as does beans and bread
LOL. Tell this to bodybuilders who are trying to lean out for competition....let's just say experimentally untrue for most humans.
Bread is junk food. Two slices of bread have more calories than a king size snickers bar. Baked white potatos are low nutrient. Grains are pro-flammatory and undigestible to most people. Beans and legumes might be better.
Eating low fat on top of that and your joints and skin will dry up and you will look wrinkled and dry like most of the high carb diet pushers. For best weight maintenece low carb is the winner:
http://jama.jamanetw...rticleid=205916http://paleohacks.co...t#axzz1dPHDfnduWhat you really want is to eat in a way that balances both Insulin and Glucagon. This is not high carb (insulin spikes).
http://www.healingna...les/foods35.php
Edited by zorba990, 29 May 2013 - 03:45 PM.