QUOTE(Evah.Linear @ Mar 17 2017, 05:38 AM)
Aside from walking/running, strength exercise, and diet? Has anyone tried some deoxyhemoglobin vasodilator microcirculation therapy? Just wondering if you heard it before... this was just recently introduced by a friend to me whose been using it over a year, like me she has a slow metabolism and it seems working with her. I just need some honest opinion from anyone in this forum. I really want to lose weight and as soon as I lost some 5-10 lbs- things get challenging.
You should also check your insulin resistance. I have this believe that people who gain weight easily have insulin resistance. I don't think there is a spec for insulin resistance and it is not something doctors know about.
However you can measure yourself by plotting your blood glucose level at specific time interval after eating a "standardized meal".
I've measured myself and found eating a slice of pizza raises my glucose level to 10mmol/L at time=45 minutes but then drops down to <6.5mmol/L after 2 hours. Fasting glucose is 5mmol/L. You can buy those glucose strips from pharmacy and measure yourself at t=15mins, 45 mins , 1 hour , 1 hour 15 mins, 1 hour 45 mins, 2 hours. Plot in excel and you will have a blood glucose vs time curve. Measuring the same pizza test on another person , and that person blood glucose only spiked up to 7.8mmol/l. I can only conclude that I am more insulin resistant than the other person.
When eating 3 half boiled eggs, the glucose level only increased to 6.5mmol/L after 45 mins, a big difference compared to eating a slice of pizza.
Once you have a database of "food vs blood glucose chart", you will tend to be able to correlate also how full you are, vs the type of food that you eat. One thing I realised after measuring is how sleepy and tired I get after a meal heavy in carbohydrates. I'm pretty sure you know how some of your colleagues complain being sleepy after lunch time. Many people seem to think that it is because of the blood circulation to the digestive system. I have a different opinion. I believe it is because of the excess insulin in the blood.