Insulin and managing weight

The followings are good articles on how to control your insulin level and managing your weight:

http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2010/09/enlist-your-hormones-in-the-battle-for-weight-loss/

"A high starch diet creates higher levels of insulin, which builds and stores fat.

If you’re always eating starches and sugar, your body is always producing insulin. That can lead to your second weight-gain problem: insulin resistance.

This happens when a hormone is in the bloodstream too often and for too long. Once you’re insulin resistant, your body has to make more and more insulin to do the same job. And suddenly you’re producing more and more insulin… storing more and more fat… and gaining dangerous amounts of weight".

"“Protein balances your blood sugar,” says Dr. Mark Hyman. “The best way to control blood sugar throughout the day is by eating protein with every meal. It keeps a slow infusion of energy going through your system rather than being quickly absorbed.”

Protein powers up your metabolism like no other nutrient. That’s because it’s your body’s best source of energy. Because you’re giving your body what it needs, it doesn’t store protein as fat. Instead it uses protein as pure energy.

If you always eat plenty of protein you keep your energy supply high. And this tells your body it doesn’t need to keep fat stored up anymore.  You’re basically training your body to burn fat.

Protein is also loaded with 20 amino acids; eight of those are vital to good health. You can’t get them any other way than through protein.

Controlling weight loss is easy if you understand how your hormones respond to food. Balancing your insulin levels is a dramatic tool for burning fat and building muscle."