My internet is so lousy that I couldn't load the video, but I will say this. I'm in maintenance now for almost 6 months, and while on phase 1, I agree that the pancreas is resting. I also thought that the pancreas 'healed' itself and would no longer overfire when I had sugar. Wrong. Maybe it depends on the person and their health history. First, I discovered the evils of malitol and how overindulging on this particular 'sugar-substitute' will trigger the pancreas to release gobs of insulin. Not so with all sugar-alchohols, but certainly with malitol. Then, I discovered that if I had an ice cream or candy, for example, with nothing in my stomach, a couple hours later I had the shakes, which is really not good. I googled a bit and found stuff on blunting an insulin spike, which included having protein in your stomach before you partake in a sugary treat. That seems to work. I know I'll never give up having that occasional ice cream cone, so I'm trying to figure out how to make this work without hurting my body.
I envision the pancreas as responding to sugar (because it is a simple molecule and breaks down easily) by getting in the fast lane. Protein is a more complex molecule and takes longer to break down, so the reaction from the pancreas (assuming there is one), is in the slow lane. Having sugar after protein may raise the speed rate, but not as much. Maybe it ends up in an average speed or something. I may be all wet here, but that's how it feels to me.
So, even when you folks get into maintenance, be careful and watch how your body reacts and pay attention. Long term, we each have to find the way to eat that is liveable for us or we'll end up in the same shape we were in before. It's a real learning process. A good one, though.
