One of the more important concepts in any weight loss meal plan is stable blood sugar. The diagram below describes the stable blood sugar model in response to eating high glycemic processed carbohydrates (a Snickers candy bar, for example) when you’re hungry (hypoglycemic).

Note the blood sugar spike after eating a high glycemic processed carbohydrate.

It’s during this blood sugar spike that insulin is released in large amounts to clean up the excess sugar (glucose) in the blood stream and converts this excess gllucose into triglycerides (blood fat) which is then stored in the fat cells. Yes, you’re adding fat!

As the insulin cleans out the excess glucose, note the rebound blood sugar crash leading to hypoglycemia, fatigue, hunger, and cravings (now you know why you’re sleepy after that big Chinese meal and hungry 2 hours later).

It is also at this time when cortisol is released and begins to break down lean muscle to convert it into glucose to counteract the hypoglycemia and feed the brain - Not a good thing to happen by the way.

I’ve written an article on maintaining stable blood sugar levels in a weight loss meal plan.

You can read about it here: Healthy Weight Loss Program

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