13-03-2013, 02:32 AM
(13-03-2013, 02:17 AM)AnnabelP Wrote: You mention that PM sparks a powerful insulin response. Can you enlarge on this? I'm not diabetic, nor even near, but big insulin spikes are undesirable for all of us.
The only real study I can find that most directly talks about what's happening is this one:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np0203887
It talks of it as a benefit for those who LACK insulin. But in those who have plenty, it can cause severe hypoglycemia very rapidly without a nice dose of sugars at the same time as your dose of PM.
PM Tubers have no known sugars on their own.
This is actually a well known side effect with plenty of anecdotal support, if not all that much in studies to prove it. Among the women using PM, I honestly think all of them are aware of it.