Healthy Eating Today

I’ve just got finished reading “The diabetes code” by Jason Fung. Very interesting book.

The book is basically about the misuse of insulin to treat type two diabetes and the massive role carbs and insulin have to play in the disease and fat gain - the fat gain mainly due to denovo lipogenesis in the liver (excess carbs transformed into lipids).

Considering the huge impact carbs have and subsequently insulin on fat gain and progression of type 2 diabetes, I was wondering whether low carb/keto would be the best way to minimise fat gain while bulking? Whether you’re on a bulk to gain muscle or are eating way too much as a type 2 diabetic, both are in a caloric surplus and the person bulking will surely be eating more carbs than they need to meet a calorie goal. Does the same process of high calorie, high carb intake as seen in type 2 patients carry over to bulking?

I know a surplus is usually required to build appreciable amounts of muscle, and that because of the muscle building process excess carbs/glucose will not occur in the same magnitude as in an obese diabetic person with severe insulin resistance, but you do gain some fat on a bulk. If you’re gaining fat in any amount, surely what we know about type 2 diabetes tells us that if a lot of that surplus is from carbs, it has a very high chance of being converted into a lot of fat. Insulin toxicity due to high blood glucose causes fat gain in T2 diabetes, so why wouldn’t the same be true with a surplus and a lot of carbs in a different scenario like bulking?

Cheers.