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I wonder: if you eat carbs or suger in smaller portions but more often throughout the day, can you "flatten the curve" this way and reduce the spikes. Is this good for you?

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Nope, it is impossible to flatten the curve of insulin spike and that is actually quite damaging, you will be releasing insulin the whole day, the hormone that signals energy storing mode which also makes it more difficult to burn it

Then how is eating low-glycemic index food different from eating high-glycemic index food slowly/in a spread out manner?

they aren’t that different in the end, just a measure of digestion

I asked Claude what's going on, and she said that the main difference lies in the fact that low-GI food naturally contains fiber and other stuff that slow digestion, and that merely spreading out the consumption of high-GI food cannot replicate the same effect.

It would be eating smaller portions and less throughout the day. It'll spike anytime you have a meal, however, any five minute activity that cause sweat will significantly drop your blood glucose levels. Eating fiber, then protein, followed by carbs will flatten and slow down the curve.

>through the day

Means the body always has some available.

Or, in other words, it does not get a chance to burn fat.

And eventually the mechanism itself degrades, becoming unable to burn fat.

Keep in mind that our always-available food supply situation is very recent in our species history.

Intermittent fasting is what the human body has evolved to do, and how we can get our health back.

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