>If you consume more energy than you burn, you will gain weight. I’m not sure why you think reducing insulin levels will result in a “natural” reduction of caloric intake. <
You are stating a fact that people who gain weight take in too much energy. You are stubbornly ignoring that all macronutrients are not metabolized the same, no matter how many times you state it. You must look at why you eat too much, not that it happens.
Carbohydrate is not all used by the body. It is stored as fat, as a function of the release of insulin. Since it’s stored and not used, your body looks for the energy it needs, and once again you eat even more because your body can’t access that energy it just stored. In addition, because the body can’t access the energy, you become more lethargic. You simply don’t have the energy to move.
When insulin levels drop (because that surplus of carbohydrate is gone) a miraculous thing happens. Your body’s metabolism is able to use stored fat to provide energy and voila, you lose weight, especially that dangerous abdominal fat.
I've never stated any such thing.
You must look at why you eat too much, not that it happens.
Overeating is a learned behavior. Unless you think there is a "fat gene?"
Carbohydrate is not all used by the body
Huh? In a highly active body, all carbs consumed could be utilized for immediate energy. It all depends on the state of the body. Your statement doesn't make sense.
It is stored as fat, as a function of the release of insulin.
Really? I thought insulin drove blood glucose into the cells to keep the cells metabolizing and the energy flowing. Are you claiming that carbohydrates are never converted to glycogen and stored in the liver and muscles? I also thought the liver converted excess glycogen to fatty acids to lipids and to adipose tissue. Now you're telling us it's insulin that makes this happen?
Since it’s stored and not used, your body looks for the energy it needs, and once again you eat even more because your body can’t access that energy it just stored.
Say what? My body can't access stored glycogen or fat for energy when it needs it forcing me to eat more? You might want to look at that statement again.
When insulin levels drop (because that surplus of carbohydrate is gone) a miraculous thing happens. Your body’s metabolism is able to use stored fat to provide energy
Nothing miraculous about that at all. We've understood this for a long time.
.....and voila, you lose weight, especially that dangerous abdominal fat.
So I can lose weight simply by reducing my insulin levels? How about if consume more energy from fat and protein than I burn, will I still lose weight - especially that abdominal fat I have having in front of me?