The Official Carbohydrate Addict's FAQ's on Hyperinsulinemia

Q: Why should I be concerned about high insulin levels?

A: When we first came to realize that high insulin levels somehow played a role in weight problems and that high insulin levels depended on eating carbohydrates frequently, we were excited about the prospect of correcting the problem by changing the frequency of carbohydrate intake during the day. And so the Carbohydrate Addict's Diet was born. Then came the thousands of letters and calls in response to the diet. There was invaluable information that readers supplied. Some reported not only weight-loss but also reductions in blood pressure. Others reported lowering of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood even before there was significant weight-loss. Still others wrote to tell us of relief from migraine head aches, relief from gout, relief from tiredness or chronic fatigue, reductions in the type II diabetic state, and much more.

Our curiosity about possible connections between hyperinsulinemia and many medical conditions got the best of us and so we began to hit MED-LINE, a tool used to search medical and scientific research. To our amazement, we found so many connections that we can not begin to describe them here. For anyone interested, the entire first part of HEALTHY FOR LIFE is devoted to our findings.

To sum up what we did find is this. It is important for CAs (carbohydrate sensitive people) to manage insulin release in order to reduce the possibilities of of the health risk factors and disease states with hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance. Losing the weight is certainly important, but you may be doing yourself a far greater favor by sticking to your program.

Scientist are now using terms like 'SYNDROME X', 'CLUSTER DISEASES', '5H SYNDROME', 'METABOLIC SYNDROME', 'MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS', AND 'DISEASES OF CIVILIZATION' that all appear to be related to too much insulin in the body for too long a time. If you wish to read more about the science behind this, you may wish to visit a medical school library and review our article - Profactor-H (Elevated Circulating Insulin): The Link to Health Risk Factors and Diseases of Civilization. Richard F. Heller and Rachael F. Heller, Medical Hypotheses, V45:325-330.

For a great deal more info on hypoglycemia and its relation to adult-onset diabetes, see The Carbohydate Addict's LifeSpan Program or Healthy for Life.