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Lao Tzu
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I don't know if this has been debated to death yet. At least 2 studies I've seen show that the insulin resistant benefit more from low carb dieting than from high carb dieting.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...d&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15897479&query_hl=3
METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Obese nondiabetic insulin-sensitive (fasting insulin < 10 microU/mL; n = 12) and obese nondiabetic insulin-resistant (fasting insulin > 15 microU/mL; n = 9) women (23 to 53 years old) were randomized to either a high carbohydrate (CHO) (HC)/low fat (LF) (60% CHO, 20% fat) or low CHO (LC)/high fat (HF) (40% CHO, 40% fat) hypocaloric diet. Primary outcome measures after a 16-week dietary intervention were: changes in body weight (BW), Si, resting metabolic rate, and fasting lipids.
RESULTS: Insulin-sensitive women on the HC/LF diet lost 13.5 +/- 1.2% (p < 0.001) of their initial BW, whereas those on the LC/HF diet lost 6.8 +/- 1.2% (p < 0.001; p < 0.002 between the groups). In contrast, among the insulin-resistant women, those on the LC/HF diet lost 13.4 +/- 1.3% (p < 0.001) of their initial BW as compared with 8.5 +/- 1.4% (p < 0.001) lost by those on the HC/LF diet (p < 0.04 between two groups).
Essentially the insulin resistant women lost 2x as much weight on a low carb diet than on a low fat diet. Those who are insulin sensitiive lost 60% more weight on a high carb diet than a low carb diet.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12761364&dopt=Citation
BACKGROUND: The effects of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on weight loss and risk factors for atherosclerosis have been incompletely assessed. METHODS: We randomly assigned 132 severely obese subjects (including 77 blacks and 23 women) with a mean body-mass index of 43 and a high prevalence of diabetes (39 percent) or the metabolic syndrome (43 percent) to a carbohydrate-restricted (low-carbohydrate) diet or a calorie- and fat-restricted (low-fat) diet. RESULTS: Seventy-nine subjects completed the six-month study. An analysis including all subjects, with the last observation carried forward for those who dropped out, showed that subjects on the low-carbohydrate diet lost more weight than those on the low-fat diet (mean [+/-SD], -5.8+/-8.6 kg vs. -1.9+/-4.2 kg; P=0.002)
That study found 3x more weight loss in the insulin resistant with a low carb vs. high carb diet.
Since drugs like ALA improve insulin sensitivity, wouldn't combining it with a low carb diet cause less weight loss than expected? Wouldn't you want drugs that temporarily boost insulin resistance (if such things exist)?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...d&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15897479&query_hl=3
METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Obese nondiabetic insulin-sensitive (fasting insulin < 10 microU/mL; n = 12) and obese nondiabetic insulin-resistant (fasting insulin > 15 microU/mL; n = 9) women (23 to 53 years old) were randomized to either a high carbohydrate (CHO) (HC)/low fat (LF) (60% CHO, 20% fat) or low CHO (LC)/high fat (HF) (40% CHO, 40% fat) hypocaloric diet. Primary outcome measures after a 16-week dietary intervention were: changes in body weight (BW), Si, resting metabolic rate, and fasting lipids.
RESULTS: Insulin-sensitive women on the HC/LF diet lost 13.5 +/- 1.2% (p < 0.001) of their initial BW, whereas those on the LC/HF diet lost 6.8 +/- 1.2% (p < 0.001; p < 0.002 between the groups). In contrast, among the insulin-resistant women, those on the LC/HF diet lost 13.4 +/- 1.3% (p < 0.001) of their initial BW as compared with 8.5 +/- 1.4% (p < 0.001) lost by those on the HC/LF diet (p < 0.04 between two groups).
Essentially the insulin resistant women lost 2x as much weight on a low carb diet than on a low fat diet. Those who are insulin sensitiive lost 60% more weight on a high carb diet than a low carb diet.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12761364&dopt=Citation
BACKGROUND: The effects of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on weight loss and risk factors for atherosclerosis have been incompletely assessed. METHODS: We randomly assigned 132 severely obese subjects (including 77 blacks and 23 women) with a mean body-mass index of 43 and a high prevalence of diabetes (39 percent) or the metabolic syndrome (43 percent) to a carbohydrate-restricted (low-carbohydrate) diet or a calorie- and fat-restricted (low-fat) diet. RESULTS: Seventy-nine subjects completed the six-month study. An analysis including all subjects, with the last observation carried forward for those who dropped out, showed that subjects on the low-carbohydrate diet lost more weight than those on the low-fat diet (mean [+/-SD], -5.8+/-8.6 kg vs. -1.9+/-4.2 kg; P=0.002)
That study found 3x more weight loss in the insulin resistant with a low carb vs. high carb diet.
Since drugs like ALA improve insulin sensitivity, wouldn't combining it with a low carb diet cause less weight loss than expected? Wouldn't you want drugs that temporarily boost insulin resistance (if such things exist)?
