Less insulin keeps you younger

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston made a remarkable discovery about a particular gene that can slow the cellular ageing process in human beings. Guess what? The gene is switched on and off by insulin. Cells obtain energy by combining glucose with oxygen, a process called metabolic oxidation, which inevitably creates highly reactive atoms called free radicals. Free radicals can damage DNA and disrupt healthy cells. When cells become damaged, the body quickly replaces them. Free radical damage is one of the things that causes premature ageing. One only needs to look at smokers to see the premature ageing that is a result of free radical damage. The chemical in cigarette smoke produces an enormous number of free radicals and as we all know free radicals damage DNA and can lead to diseases like cancer.
Experiments with mice on low carbohydrate diets have demonstrated that when insulin is not being released, this newly-discovered gene switches on and causes the cells in the body to begin to burn glucose at a highly efficient rate. There is a correlation to human counterparts. Many patients have also reported a remarkable lift in their energy levels accompanied with the weight loss.
Because the cells are now operating more efficiently, there is less oxidation occurring, and as a result, less damaging free radicals are being formed. Not only did the mice have more energy, they also lived longer, up to 40 percent longer than their litter mates on an unrestricted diet. It has been observed that people who live for an extraordinarily long time and typically survive on a low GI diet are often thin. They avoid the peaks in their blood sugar level, unlike people on an unrestricted diet. Credible evidence from research on native peoples, like the herdsmen of Pakistan’s Hunza valley and the Indians of Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains, who live on simple and Spartan diets shows that they do live longer and that a few can reach a remarkable age.

Should I eat carbs at night or should I eat protein

You will find that the eating protein in the evening will give you better results. The reason is because the body scavenges for energy when you are asleep. If you eat carbohydrates at night before going to bed your body will use the available fuel in the carbohydrates to replenish its energy reserves. If you eat protein your body will not be able to get the reserves from the meal and instead will draw more heavily on the fat stored in the body. So, generally speaking it’s better to eat protein at night if you are really trying to do everything right.