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Originally Posted by Buck
Insulin is one of the most important aspects of your body that a Ketogenic diet focuses on. It is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that regulates the metabolism of fat and carbs, specifically in the blood. Its main job is to regulate the distribution of energy to the cells of the body from fat storage. Its other job is to regulate blood sugar by producing lipoproteins (or fat proteins) that act as a bailiff for your blood stream and imprison the fat cell into your body once the glucose has been converted to fat. As you eat sugar, the body must produce more insulin to keep up with ramped levels of sugar in the body and eventually your body begins to resist insulin. When you eat less carbs, less insulin is required to patrol your bloodstream and regulate your sugar. This means, simply, less fat storage as a result.
Here's something else. I don't know who wrote these and if they are actually right or not, but I've never read anything that said insulin is not involved in the storage of fat.
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No one ever said that it wasn't.
Also, insulin resistance is real, but there are many things that affect it. It's not just diet. Exercise plays a huge role. And you will never eliminate insulin from your body. Well, not unless you are dead.
But insulin spikes aren't necessarily a bad thing. Like I said, large amounts of protein can provide the same kinds of insulin spikes that sugars cause. Your body has to do something with the food you ingested, and insulin is the driver of the bus.