The Claim
A low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet induces insulin resistance as a phenotypic adaptation in both humans and experimental animals, which may have evolved as a physiological mechanism to preserve glucose homeostasis during periods of carbohydrate scarcity in human evolutionary history.
What the research says
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Eating very few carbs and lots of protein might make your body less sensitive to insulin — not because it's broken, but because it's adapting to save glucose when carbs are scarce, like in ancient times.
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A low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet induces insulin resistance as a phenotypic adaptation in both humans and experimental animals, which may have served as a physiological mechanism to maintain glucose homeostasis during periods of carbohydrate scarcity in human evolution.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: The carnivore connection: dietary carbohydrate in the evolution of NIDDM
The study says that when people or animals eat very few carbs, their bodies become less responsive to insulin to save sugar for the brain, which matches the claim. It also says this might have helped our ancestors survive when carbs were hard to find.
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