How does bad fat oxidation lead to bad glucose handling?

"I think one of the biggest changes that happened in the 80′s is snacking and meal frequency. When I grew up in the 70′s my mom would never give me an after school snack as it would “ruin my dinner”. We were too busy playing during the short morning recess at school so we didn’t snack then either, it was breakfast, lunch and dinner most days. Now it seems kids are constantly snacking. Every time my son’s have an afternoon play date there are always snacks."
This is a consant rub with me and my children. If I am "lucky" the kids are given fruit but more often I end up being the ogre taking bisuits and crisps (cookies and chips) away.
Three squares is very much a modern invention.Medieval people generally ate two meals a day.

from jenny ruhl:

"An interesting side note to the issue of high serum phosphate is the finding that rising serum phosphates will lower Vitamin D production as Vitamin D is one of the regulators of blood phosphate levels. (Discussed HERE). If you have abnormally low Vitamin D levels when not supplementing Vitamin D, this could be pointing to the fact that your serum phosphate level is unhealthily high."

I am a teacher, so I have the summers off, during which time I try to be outside a lot. I am always tan. So in July when I had check-up bloodwork done, I was surprised that my Vitamin D was 25.4 Low out of a reference range of ng/mL 30.0 - 100.0 Since Vitamin D is also a major player in bone health, that is why I am mentioning this finding here. I take no supplements at all because I want to get all my nutrients from food. Once I have a clear symptom of a vitamin deficiency, I can take a supplement and more clearly see if it does what it is supposed to do. The problem with this strategy is by the time a symptom shows up (a broken wrist from significant bone loss, etc), it might be too late to do something about it. But thankfully my health is fairly good. I had one three day cold during which I took no medicine and I recovered quickly while many of my students and fellow teachers have gotten uncomfortably sick (fevers, throwing up, losing days of school). I don't take any medications. I have diabetes in both parents and can run high blood sugars if I eat like most people, but I control what I eat so I'm OK that way. Anyway, I'm focusing on bone health right now since I am approaching the magic age on menopause, so any insights you have into the above would be much appreciated.

Before I can think of an intelligent question I simply wanted to say:

this piece is clear, concise, doesn't go out on wild tangents, makes verifiable claims, is well supported by a lot of evidence of different types, & openly attempts to reconcile conflicting evidence rather than ignore contradictory findings.

This is a stand-out example of superlative scientific argument-building and communication. Bravo!

PS: You've temporarily restored my faith in humanity [1hr ago I read "Dr." David Katz's ad-hominem attack on Gary Taubes' recent NYT article]

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Just so you know, the more tanned, the less vit D your skin produces with the same amount of UVs. I know it because I am a southerner (North-African) and tan super easily. Since I live in higher latitudes, I need to be outdoors A LOT during summer. My wife (northern-european) would fry in 30mn, while I can stand hours as long as I have developed the tan.

But yeah, I don't pretend to know why your number was low, I was just mentioning a thing that definitely bit me in the past.

for people who DON'T know that they need to measure blood sugar and have inherited problems using glucose , like me before about 2011, the perfect health diet is DANGEROUS. my fasting blood glucose was always good. that is the last thing to deteriorate. he should preface his book by saying ANYONE with diabetic relatives needs to get a cheap relion meter from wal-mart and measure their post prandial blood sugar after eating a serving of his safe starch. i think my caveat would be extrememly helpful to people like me who have stealth prediabetes/diabetes. in other words, i would have liked the above in your review.

In the email you sent out announcing the publication of this article online you mentioned that the readership of your least popular article far outstripped the number of people who watched the 2012 AHS video.

For my part, I far prefer reading this kind of technical information rather than watching a video. While reading I can pause, reread, and ponder a point that I might miss entirely in a video.

Tom Naughton, does excellent, informative, and entertaining videos that I enjoy watching, but they aren't nearly as technical or in depth as your work. I would encourage you to publish the written version of your 2012 presentation and any other such work you may have.

Modern technology has given us the means to produce amazing audio/visual presentations, but sometimes nothing can beat the written word.

i posted this over at wooo's site who wrote in her latest post that you are the only paleo blogger she has any respect for:
my only problem with j.stanton is that he endorses the prefect health diet without enough of a warning to people with potential glucose processing issues. i just wrote this to the creator of that diet on his website the perfecthealthdiet.com:
after a google search i see that your diet is not recommended for diabetics:
you say: “Our “regular” diet is not specifically directed at diabetic or metabolically damaged persons. We have a basic diet that is designed for healthy people (represented in the apple – food plate) and we recommend modified versions of the diet for various health conditions – including diabetes.”
but i did not see that caveat in the book i borrowed from my public library published in in 2012. i looked in the index for all references to diabetes. actually, you have a testimonial from a diabetic in your book on page 391:
“I am down from 341 lbs. to 272 lbs. doing mostly Paleo, but modified with some safe starches per your book. Just so you know tis is not just about weight loss for me, I was a type 2 diabetic with full metabolic syndrome and most importantly, I had popping capillaries in my retinas that were leading to blindness. All is better now, no pills, etc. -J. Hippman”
Also, I did not see the modified version of you diet for diabetics on your site that you say you recommend. could you please link to it for me?
lastly, a person does not need to have diagnosed pre diabetes or diabetes to stay away for safe starch. i have neither at the moment, but i have two parents with diabetes. i ate 100 grams of a traditional taiwanese porridge made from white rice and sweet potato. that is a small amount which i measured on a food scale. my fasting bloos sugar upon waking was 95. one hour after eating the porridge of ‘safe’ starch my readings were 145/151. not very safe. i should say i usually eat low carb, so you might make the case that i would not have such alarming readings if i carbed up, however i don’t know if i would really drop that much, especially if i ate your recommended daily intake of a pound of safe starches. my husband, on the other hand, ate the same amount of safe starch as I, and his blood glucose actually dropped from a fasting level of 91 to 79/70 one hour later. so how an individual reaches to safe starch is very individual. my recommendation to you is to strongly recommend that any people thinking of starting your diet who have diabetic relatives should test their blood sugar before and 1 hour after eating your safe starch. if they get readings of 140 and above, your regular diet is not for them. they can buy cheap relion meters from walmart without a prescription. i think it would be irresponsible if you did not do something similar to what i recommend.