{"id":26791,"date":"2014-01-06T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T15:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2014\/01\/what-happened-after-insulin-took-sugar-to-the-principals-office\/"},"modified":"2014-01-06T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T15:31:12","slug":"what-happened-after-insulin-took-sugar-to-the-principals-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/what-happened-after-insulin-took-sugar-to-the-principals-office\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened after insulin took sugar to the Principal\u2019s office?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ok, so you\u2019re in the Spar<\/a>, picking up a loaf of bread and as you\u2019re paying, you spy a Lunch Bar and decide it\u2019ll keep you going \u2019till dinner\u2019s ready (you\u2019re famished and frankly, can\u2019t see how you\u2019ll survive the next 90 minutes without some form of sustenance).<\/p>\n

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Made in Port Elizabeth<\/a><\/p>\n

Within a short time of eating your Lunch Bar, the carbohydrates in it \u2013 the chocolate, wafer biscuit, crisped rice, sugar, glucose syrup, rice flour, dextrose and invert sugar syrup (does she happen to have a Lunch Bar wrapper in her bin from yesterday\u2019s trip to the Spar?) \u2013 are broken down into simple sugars and absorbed into your blood stream.<\/p>\n

Now, as the sugar in your blood starts to rise rapidly, your pancreas nearly has an apoplectic fit and starts producing huge quantities of insulin in response. Insulin rushes in, grabs the sugar (glucose) particles and hauls them off the Principal\u2019s office (the muscle cells).<\/p>\n

\u201cKnock, knock\u201d, goes insulin. \u201cCan I help you?\u201d says the principal. \u201cOh, good grief yes\u201d says insulin \u201cI can\u2019t have these delinquents running around the corridors during lesson time; take them into your office and deal with them.\u201d The principal replies \u201cErr; actually I\u2019m full up \u2013 I\u2019ve got a staff meeting on, so you\u2019ll have to take them elsewhere.\u201d\u00a0 So off insulin goes, sugar in tow, and tries the school gymnasium (the liver cells).<\/p>\n

\u201cKnock, knock\u201d once again, goes insulin. \u201cCan I help you?\u201d says the PhysEd teacher. \u201cYou\u2019d better\u201d says insulin \u201cthe situation\u2019s getting serious \u2026 take these problem children and keep them safely in the gym.\u201d\u00a0 Says the PhysEd teacher, \u201cUm, I can\u2019t take them all \u2013 we\u2019ve got a school rally on and 80% of the students are here already. I can take a few, but you\u2019ll have to find somewhere else for the rest!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c!#@*!!\u201d says insulin and hauls them off to the last place it can \u2013 the sick bay (the fat cells). Repeating the process, the nurse agrees with spectacular enthusiasm, to take all the remaining children into her ward, saying \u201cNo problem at all \u2013 I\u2019ve got plenty of room \u2013 you can keep them coming day and night!\u201d<\/p>\n

Pardon the school analogy (for those who\u2019d prefer to forget the experience), but in effect the outcome of the above scenario is that every time you consume too many sugars (carbs) for the muscle and liver cells to utilise, you\u2019ll end up storing this sugar as fat! Not only that, but eventually, the cells become very, very tired of having to answer insulin\u2019s request for help and simply \u2018ignore\u2019 the knock at their door. This forces the pancreas to produce much larger quantities of insulin in order for the knock to be heard by the over-worked and tired cells and leads to what we term \u2018insulin resistance\u2019. If this pattern continues, it results \u2013 ultimately \u2013 in diabetes.<\/p>\n

So, save those poor cells and avoid packing the excess glucose into your fat cells by reducing the amount of carbohydrate-rich foods you consume on a daily basis \u2026 chips, chocolates, biscuits, table sugar, sweets, pies, breads, pasta, rice etc. Eat veggies \u2019till they come out of your ears and save the listed foods for those \u2018special\u2019 occasions.<\/p>\n

Oh, and another thing. Add more good quality fats to your meals (butter, coconut fat and cold-pressed plant oils) and make sure there\u2019s some form of protein in every meal and snack in moderate amounts (raw nuts\/seeds and meats). Both these will ensure that those delinquents behave themselves better \u2026 and stop you gaining weight. Bonus!<\/p>\n

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@ProfTimNoakes<\/a> @wolffmark<\/a> nice article? \u201c@MyPE<\/a>: Update: What happened after insulin took sugar to the Principal’s http:\/\/t.co\/7jltSOQypK<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 alec riddle (@alecriddle) January 6, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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RT @alecriddle<\/a> Not what they teach you at medical school http:\/\/t.co\/XVZe4jov8x<\/a> Thanks @MyPE<\/a>. Ahead of the game as usual.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Noakes (@ProfTimNoakes) January 6, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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