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Message: [QUOTE="NJHusky, post: 2145483, member: 114"] I'm not a dr and I dont stay at holiday inn...but I've never heard that. Not sure how not eating makes you store fat. Fat storage is caused by too many calories and an insulin response..fasting lowers your insulin. When I fast, my glucose drops from 92-95 in the am, to low 80's within 12 hours and 70's within 24-30 hours. If I fast for 2 days, it's in the 60s by day 2. [SIZE=3][B] [URL='http://www.diabetes-book.com/insulin-fat-connection/']The Basic Food Groups: The Insulin/Fat Connection - Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars. Official Web Site[/URL][/B][/SIZE] The primary source of body fat for most Americans is not dietary fat but carbohydrate, which is converted to blood sugar and then, with the aid of insulin, to fat by fat cells. Remember, insulin is our main fat building hormone. Eat a plate of pasta. Your blood sugar will rise and your insulin level (if you have type 2 diabetes or are not diabetic) will also rise in order to cover, or prevent, the jump in blood sugar. All the blood sugar that is not burned as energy or stored as glycogen is turned into fat. So you could, in theory, acquire more body fat from eating a high-carbohydrate “fat-free” dessert than you would from eating a tender steak nicely marbled with fat. Even the fat in the steak is more likely to be stored if it is accompanied by bread, potatoes, corn, and so on [/QUOTE]