Eating fat has little effect on your insulin levels, and it actually decreases your appetite. Also eating right kind of fats can rebalance hormones and improve way you look and feel.

When you eat carbohydrates your body produces digestive enzymes that break down chemical bonds between sugar molecules. These molecules stimulate production of metabolic hormones including insulin and this is where problems can start. If we have a diet too high in carbohydrates, particularly refined carbohydrates, high levels of glucose cause high levels of insulin to be produced. This can cause insulin resistance, where body’s cells become non-responsive to insulin so pancreas keeps producing more and more. It also means body fails to burn glucose as energy and instead it is stored as fat! If this happens constantly build up of glucose in blood can cause Type II diabetes. The high level of insulin also tells a gland in brain, hypothalamus, to send out hunger signals. So you could have just eaten a meal and you would still feel hungry, there will be nothing that satisfies that hunger.

Eating protein produces a moderate amount of insulin but also produces hormone glucagon. This hormone stimulates body to get rid of fat by burning it for energy; it also decreases body’s production of cholesterol and stimulates kidney to release excess salt and fluid. It also maintains your blood sugar level counteracting effect of insulin, which lowers blood sugar levels.

So, what should we be eating? Recent studies recommend 100g of protein for women and 150g of protein for men. An excellent way of getting majority of your protein intake is by using a meal replacement product with extra protein powder if necessary. This takes all guess work out of two thirds of your protein intake and when combined with a third meal of low fat protein (e.g. chicken or turkey) and low glycaemic vegetables gives ideal diet to lose weight, gain energy, lower cholesterol and blood pressure and possibly reverse Type II diabetes.

I am concerned that pain is bilateral, effecting both sides. I doubt it is anything extremely serious but it would be good to see your doctor. The sooner better. If nothing else, your doctor will be able to treat pain and swelling. But if it is arthritis or one of other conditions that can cause this type of swelling in fingers earlier diagnosis better.

I wish you good health.

Rusty http://arthritis-symptom.com