Levels | Why Insulin Resistance Creates a Vicious Cycle of Fat Gain | Dr. Robert Lustig Ultimate Guide @levels | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
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Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, describes how insulin drives fat gain.
Understanding insulin resistance:
- Insulin is a hormone, and it’s a growth factor.
- It makes cells grow and divide.
- It is helpful when you’re a growing child, are in puberty, or are pregnant.
- We are more insulin resistant at these times to support growth.
- However, insulin also drives fat growth.
- Insulin is released in response to a rise in glucose (blood sugar) after a meal.
- It tells our cells to let glucose in for energy.
- If we consume too much of the foods that drive insulin release (i.e., sugar and refined carbohydrates), insulin resistance will result.
- Insulin resistance occurs when cells can’t handle the glucose load and stop responding to insulin’s signaling.
- Ultimately, insulin drives fat gain, and fat leads to more insulin resistance.
- Fat loss will not occur unless there’s a reduction in insulin release.
- You can reduce insulin release by keeping blood sugar more stable.
#metabolichealth #weightloss #insulinresistance #bloodsugar
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Levels helps you see how food affects your health. With real-time, personalized data gathered through biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), you learn which diet and lifestyle choices improve your metabolic health so you can live a longer, fuller, healthier life.
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Sign Up to Get Your Ultimate Guide to Glucose: levels.link/youtube?utm_campaign=rob-ultimate-guide
Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, describes how insulin drives fat gain.
Understanding insulin resistance:
- Insulin is a hormone, and it’s a growth factor.
- It makes cells grow and divide.
- It is helpful when you’re a growing child, are in puberty, or are pregnant.
- We are more insulin resistant at these times to support growth.
- However, insulin also drives fat growth.
- Insulin is released in response to a rise in glucose (blood sugar) after a meal.
- It tells our cells to let glucose in for energy.
- If we consume too much of the foods that drive insulin release (i.e., sugar and refined carbohydrates), insulin resistance will result.
- Insulin resistance occurs when cells can’t handle the glucose load and stop responding to insulin’s signaling.
- Ultimately, insulin drives fat gain, and fat leads to more insulin resistance.
- Fat loss will not occur unless there’s a reduction in insulin release.
- You can reduce insulin release by keeping blood sugar more stable.
#metabolichealth #weightloss #insulinresistance #bloodsugar
👋 WHO WE ARE:
Levels helps you see how food affects your health. With real-time, personalized data gathered through biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), you learn which diet and lifestyle choices improve your metabolic health so you can live a longer, fuller, healthier life.
🔗 LINKS:
Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
