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Starch Lowers Insulin

?It is of interest that diets high in fibre-rich cereals and tuberous vegetables tend to result in an improvement in basal blood glucoses. p. 281 Burkitt, Denis, Hugh Trowell, and Kenneth Heaton.? Dietary Fibre, Fibre-Depleted Foods and Disease.? Academic Press:? London, 1985. It is a common belief that starch, or any type of carbohydrate – particularly high-glycemic starches like...

Public Talk in Sarasota

Although the sound quality is less than spectacular – I was in a room full of “moo-shine” filled refrigerators, here is a large chunk of a talk I gave to a local group of real foodies in Sarasota on Tuesday.  Nothing earth-shattering, but unlike Uncle Rico’s flippin’ sweet play action QB video in the movie Napolean Dynamite, it...

Overfeeding Reduces Insulin Resistance?

I had to laugh as the Mayor of Hair Danny Roddy contacted me, wondering if I had heard what was being said about me at this year’s Weston A. Price Foundation conference this past weekend. I had not, but I followed his lead and snooped around on Twitter where there was a tidbit about Stephan Guyenet being asked about overfeeding reducing insulin resistance. ?Ah, you’ve been reading...