Beyond Calories: How Glucose Response Patterns Explain Why Some Foods Trigger Weight Gain
Beyond Calories: How Glucose Response Patterns Explain Why Some Foods Trigger Weight Gain For decades, weight management advice has centered on a simple equation: calories in versus calories out. If you want to lose weight, eat less and move more. Yet anyone who has counted calories knows the reality is far more complex. Two people can eat identical meals with the same calorie count, yet one person gains weight while the other maintains or even loses. The missing piece of this puzzle lies beneath the surface, in how the body metabolizes food at the cellular level. Research using continuous glucose monitors has revealed that people respond very differently to the same foods, with some experiencing large glucose and insulin spikes while others remain stable. These individual glucose response patterns may help explain why certain foods seem to "stick" as weight for some people while having minimal impact on others, even when the calorie count is identical. ...