Something I came across on insulin response to protein..

Hello,

I just thought I'd mention a few things I came across in the past two years, and something I came across last night.

Several times I saw it written at different places that protein, like beef, etc., stimulates more insulin than cheese, fruit, or even pasta sometimes.

I didn't believe it at first because I feel much different eating meat than when I eat fruits.

Last night when I was researching casein and whey, I saw some papers that said casein has a minimal insulin response, but whey has a strong response. Makes sense to me. I was hypoglycemic with whey proteins.

Anyways, elsewhere on this page, someone had mentioned how proteins do stimulate large amounts of insulin, but when you are digesting it, along with the insulin release, your body releases glucagon aswell. So insulin and glucagon are increased in your system during protein digestion, but the RATIO of insulin to glucagon doesn't really change much, so it FEELS as though there wasn't much of an insulin spike.

In many carbs, however, there is an insulin spike, maybe even a small one, but because there is no simultaneous release of glucagon, you feel and become hypoglycemic.

Something else that was mentioned on the page about the protein insulin spike was that even though you don't feel the spike, and therefore hypoglycemic, the increase of insulin still does its damage as it is elevated nonetheless.

Thoughts?