Within hours of eating an unhealthy meal, we can get a spike in inflammation, crippling our artery function, thickening our blood, and causing a fight-or-flight nerve response. But there are foods we can eat at every meal to counter this reaction.
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Previously I’ve covered the effect adding berries to a meal has on blood sugar responses in If Fructose is Bad, What About Fruit? ( That raises the question How Much Fruit is Too Much? (
In addition to the all-fruit jam question, in my next video I’ll cover The Effects of Avocados and Red Wine on Postprandial Inflammation (
Vinegar my also help: Can Vinegar Help with Blood Sugar Control? (
Maybe this explains part of the longevity benefit to nut consumption. See Nuts May Help Prevent Death (
I also talked about that immediate inflammatory reaction to unhealthy food choices in my recent video Best Foods to Improve Sexual Function (
Surprised by the chicken and butter reaction? Same thing happens with tunafish and other meat. Check out my video Paleo Diets May Negate Benefits of Exercise (
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Can someone give me a 3 meal per day plan to avoid this?
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Now i am vegan, i can eat a whole head of broccoli (small) for a meal.
Neat
just go keto.
This makes no sense, didn't you say fats cause insulin resistance
That's nuts
Why are all the nice things in life so bad …
Life sucks 😑😑
But we will all die anyway no matter how healthy u may think you're living. That's the sad part 😣 life's a B*tch
With the rice and chicken, eating the chicken before the rice has been shown to blunt the glucose spike.
I noticed one of those reports also listed fish oil and alcohol as things that blunt the insulin spike.
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-blood-sugar-and-triglyceride-spikes-after-meals/
Would be good if you could do a clip showing what foods are good low insulin spiking foods and what are bad high spiking insulin foods.
I enjoy learning the nutrition science and then putting it "to the test" by creating delicious favorful plant-based meals. Thank you Dr. Greger.
I don't definitively know the answer to the last Q, but yeast + carbs + sugar all speaks of an alcoholic recipe in the making.
Therefore glad my last meal was meat and gluten/yeast free. Ruined it with a mouthful of red wine though. Palette cleanser indeed. What was that about the alcohol?
Oh well, I did at least go for a stroll afterwards. Not forgetting my ACV, lemon and cinnamon/clove combination.
Continuous glucose monitor? Nah! If that ain't enough, then we're all doomed.
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When you gave a diabetic an ultrasound scan and the pancreas, it for essays with X rays. Of which there is no chemical source! In just the same way that cancer is emit X rays in ultrasound scans.
I was working on ultrasound setting off nuclear fusion at Sheffield University 2000. The Moffitt had used High Intensity UltraSound – e.g. 8 W 2 MHZ. I use 8 W 1 MHz. They found that 1 minute of HIUS externally cause all 200 types or cancer to boil and rupture.
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2:18 – "…Additionally, lean protein, vinegar, fish oil, tea, cinnamon, calorie restriction, weight loss, exercise, and low-dose to moderate-dose alcohol each positively impact post-prandial dysmetabolism…"
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always so helpful. Dr Greger is a national treasure
"Most of us live our lives in a Fed state."
Who thought this snooty voice would be a great idea? The smarmy-sounding voice for this video is so off putting, it makes you want to eat a high sugar high calorie meal just to protest.
😠 I wanted to know thecresults of adding olive oil versus butter or avocado.
Advocado response looked identical to the control to me
Quite informative 👍
Very interesting. I have experience these things you are talking about
But not understanding what was happening to me over the years even now i am frostrated
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Maybe the problem is we live most of our lives in a fed state. Grazing all day is not healthy.
Fascinating