[fomoz]

It's actually a sign of insulin over-secretion rather than poor insulin sensitivity.

However, in practice, there are signs as to whether you have good insulin sensitivity or not and possibly whether you over-secrete insulin. Here’s two very simple questions to ask yourself regarding your response to diet.

1. On high-carbohydrate intakes, do you find yourself getting pumped and full or sloppy and bloated? If the former, you have good insulin sensitivity; if the latter, you don’t.

2. When you eat a large carbohydrate meal, do you find that you have steady and stable energy levels or do you get an energy crash/sleep and get hungry about an hour later? If the former, you probably have normal/low levels of insulin secretion; if the latter, you probably tend to over-secrete insulin which is causing blood glucose to crash which is making you sleepy and hungry.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/insulin-sensitivit...

[jeremyw]

Over-secretion of both insulin, and subsequently glucose, is the _result_ of insulin resistance as your liver tries to adapt at various stages.

[DrScump]

I don't understand why Lyle still doesn't mention the roles of insulin/leptin/dopamine receptors (and strategies to boost their results) in newer studies.

Some good info here:

http://gettingstronger.org/2010/10/change-your-setpoint/