Comment by RandomUser4976
2 days ago
Nonsense. Tell this to humans that die when their blood glucose is insanely high (500mg/dl), go into DKA and they are SKINNY!!! You’re suggesting 20 calories can make you obese because it raises blood glucose lol! 3-5 grams (12-20 calories) of a mild-glycemic index carbohydrate can send your blood glucose well above 120mg/dl and you would not gain weight because of an extra 12-20 calories. Additionally, 1,200 calories from fat (133 grams of fat) will not spike your blood glucose until 5-12 hours later and you you can gain weight, but that signal is lost because the rise in blood glucose happens 1-3 meals, or even the next day after eating the high fat meal. Blood glucose is VERY important but not predictive of weight. Diet, (the amount and macro composition of calories) is predictive of weight and exercise is predictive of weight. The are other factors, but those are the main predictors.
> Tell this to humans that die when their blood glucose is insanely high (500mg/dl), go into DKA and they are SKINNY!!!
We're not talking about people with underlying health conditions. Exceptions don't invalidate a general principle.
> You’re suggesting 20 calories can make you obese because it raises blood glucose lol!
Nothing "lol" about it. An extra 20 calories, 20 times a day, every day for months and years, above your caloric needs, is yes quite likely to make you obese. How else do you think most people get obese?
> fat... will not spike your blood glucose until 5-12 hours later
And you can become aware of those patterns. You will know, for example, not to eat anything else during that window. Or learn to eat fat in gradual amounts, rather than large amounts in a single sitting.
> Blood glucose is VERY important but not predictive of weight.
You seem quite confident about that. You're also quite possibly wrong. The underlying logic is pretty sound: we gain weight when our blood sugar goes up and therefore our insulin goes up to remove the sugar from the bloodstream and, eventually, store it as fat.
> The underlying logic is pretty sound: we gain weight when our blood sugar goes up and therefore our insulin goes up to remove the sugar from the bloodstream and, eventually, store it as fat.
I like this post because it assumes that humans don’t use sugar for energy. It is all stored as fat because the human body is a closed system that does not burn calories.
Also I like “I see you said 20, obviously you mean 20 times that”