Let’s assume breakfast is taken at 8 a.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. That means that they have balanced ten hours of eating with fourteen hours of fasting. The periods of increased insulin (feeding) are balanced by periods of decreased insulin (fasting). Eating large amounts of refined carbohydrates like sugar and white bread makes for higher insulin peaks. So why was obesity slow to progress? The decisive difference is that there was a daily period of low insulin levels. Insulin resistance requires persistently high levels. The nightly fasting caused periods of very low insulin, so resistance could
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