Even though the body released more of a sugar-controlling hormone after eating fat for three days, blood sugar still went higher—meaning the hormone wasn’t strong enough to fix the problem.

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Short-term low carbohydrate/high-fat diet intake increases postprandial plasma glucose and glucagon-like peptide-1 levels during an oral glucose tolerance test in healthy men

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2012 Aug

After eating a high-fat, low-carb diet for just 3 days, healthy young men had higher blood sugar after a sugar drink, even though their bodies made more of a hormone (GLP-1) that usually helps lower blood sugar — because their pancreas didn’t release insulin as well as usual.

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Short-term low carbohydrate/high-fat diet intake increases postprandial plasma glucose and glucagon-like peptide-1 levels during an oral glucose tolerance test in healthy men

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DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.58

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