Dr.’s will tell you to lower your carbs and increase fat and protein, but are carbs the real problem?
It’s no secret that high doses of sugar and lack of exercise can cause blood sugar issues. However, sugar and lack of exercise are just a small piece of the puzzle. What’s so puzzling is that the body is designed to use carbohydrates (sugar) as its main source of energy. Now you see why there might be a missing piece here.
You would think that with the excellent methods for managing blood sugar issues, the medical industry would have found the actual source of the problem.
There are also questions that the medical community hasn’t answered yet, like what really causes A1C levels to rise? How do we develop resistance to insulin? Why do medical researchers consider sugar the enemy? How can blood sugar issues really be reversed without using sugar as the scapegoat?
What’s the answer?
Let’s look at the liver, which is responsible for 2,000 plus, not 500, hormonal actions in the system, including a reserve for fuel (sugar). However, the liver is also where toxins, heavy metals, pathogens, excess adrenaline (cortisol) and fat, hide out.
There is a myriad of causes for a toxic liver, and we all know that processed foods, refined sugars, and unnatural carbs can be problematic. However, Dr’s will tell you to avoid natural sugars, such as fruit, honey, squash, potatoes to name a few.
The truth is, these are the foods that are going to help spare the choline from the protein you eat. Choline is your main source to remove fat from your liver. Furthermore, your Dr. will tell you to increase your fat in your diet, while lowering your carbs, because this is their answer to lowering A1C levels.
The Dr. will also tell you to increase your protein levels, however, much of the meat protein and much of the vegan protein from nuts and seeds are extremely high in fat.
This combination of limiting carbs and increasing fat is a trap door for diabetes.
The body requires sugar, but when you add in high fat from protein, nuts, seeds, processed nut, and seed oils, the body will eventually fall prey to failing health.
Now, diabetes is not a sugar problem! You see, the liver’s glucose storage is huge, in that it’s keen on preventing diabetes. The likelihood of someone getting diabetes has nothing to do with genes. It does, however, have a lot to do with whether your liver has enough storage of glucose and glycogen. You might ask, how does the liver not have enough sugar in storage if you are eating a lot of carbs? Well, it’s the fat included in the equation that is the problem.
The liver can and does weaken from high-fat foods, pathogens, toxins, heavy metals, cortisol, etc. therefore, it can’t store glucose like it should when this is happening.
When the liver is clogged with the above mentioned, it cannot hold glucose like it once did. When this occurs, the livers reserves drop (you feel tired, shaky, hungry, stressed, irritable, etc.). What happens? The pancreas will flood the system with insulin, seeking out every bit of sugar it can find to provide needed energy to the cells. However, elevated fats, in lieu of sugar, in the bloodstream make it much harder for sugar to enter the cell. The pancreas weakens, insulin secretion lessens, and insulin resistance sets in. Blood sugar is now unstable. You may experience hypoglycemia, and A1C levels may increase.
Sugar is not the underlying culprit: fat is the issue.
Put someone on a high-fat diet, lower the carbs and A1C and blood sugar numbers drop. However, the problem still exists as to why your cells won’t accept sugar like they were designed to do. Removing sugar hides a sick liver.
Remember, if the ratio of fat in a diet is high, regardless of how popular the diet is, a sluggish liver will continue to worsen over time, because the messenger, sugar, has been removed from the equation.
Want to know how the messenger, sugar, is hidden? Go back to your normal diet after being on a high-fat diet, and in a few months look at your blood sugar readings?
When I mention high-fat levels in the blood, I’m not talking about someone being overweight, high-fat levels can be in the blood of someone extremely thin.
High-fat levels in the blood block sugar from getting to needed organs, glands, nervous system, and the brain. Furthermore, too much fat in the blood makes it very difficult for insulin to latch onto sugar and allow entrance into the cell.
So, what to do?
Begin by lowering fat content in your diet. If you like animal protein, eat lean cuts of meat and limit to only eating meat at dinner. If you are vegan, lower consumption of nuts, seeds, coconut, nut and seed oils. It is advisable to refrain from eating eggs and dairy altogether.
When reducing fats, it’s okay to add in potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, and other fruits. These foods preserve choline, which is an important factor in removing fat from the liver.
Highest sources of choline are found in beef liver. However, many people prefer taking liver capsules, which can be ordered from my website at: https://www.esthercise.org/supplements
If you are interested in tracking the amount of fat you consume, I suggest the app, “Cronometer.” This app breaks down micronutrients and will give you a beak down of the various fats in your diet; you will be surprised.
Remember: Always go slow when changing from one habit to another.
In Excellent Health,
Esther
