When I read the list of veggies you can eat freely, vs. moderateion,
vs. banned something struck me... that probalby only a gardener would
notice.

I was reading an article discussing Atkins and they said this...

"Insulin is a hormone, which is a substance that travels through the
body and stimulates chemical reactions. The human body has mechanisms
to regulate how much of each hormone is produced, so that its effects
can be controlled. With insulin, however, there is no "shut-off"
switch as there is with other hormones. Insulin is produced by the
digestion of carbohydrates, and there is no way to stop its activity
once it is present in the bloodstream. There is also no way to prevent
it from being produced when carbohydrates are consumed, even if these
are in excess of what the body needs for fuel. I believe the reason
for this is clear - that when humans evolved to produce insulin,
carbohydrates were so limited in the diet that a shut-off mechanism
was not necessary."

I think she was slightly off.  Most of the sugary vegetables are
summer and late-summer veggies. Some have ripening stages, where they
change color. The change of color increases the sugar content and
sweetness.  Most of the leafy greens grow in late winter early spring
and often can't survive the heat of summer. Only a few can be grown
throughout the growing season till frost. For the "caveman" that would
mean that carbs would gradually become available, with low glycemic
veggies first. Then as summer wanes bursts of heavy sugar vegetables
would be available--for a limited amount of time (no storage).  

It's almost like the sugar content of summer edibles was designed to
spark appetite, to make us eat up, and fatten for winter. Foregoing
technology man would do this just as much as any creature in the wild.
It makes sense to me. It also means carbs are meant to encourage
appetite and crave carbs for survival through winter. That would offer
a evolutionary reason why carbs do what they do.
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