I was watching the NBC Nightly news yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to learn about the results of a study that seems to confirm that certain people do better on low carb diets than more conventional diets. The study analyzed blood samples from the subjects and separated people into 2 distinct groups — slow insulin producers and fast insulin producers. As has been known for some time now, insulin is a contributing factor in the laying down of fat stores. Seems the fast insulin producers do better with low carb diets and manage to keep the weight off longer than when put on more traditional, low fat diets. What a surprise, huh?
If I recall correctly from the news report, I believe they said that more people are fast insulin producers. Speaking from my own experience, I’m pretty sure I fall into this group because I’ve ony been able to successfully lose body fat when on a low carb diet. Of course I’m not getting my hopes up too high because like most medical studies, this will probably be challenged quite vigor