Tetrogen_Hormones & Metabolism

There will be times where there is some insulin in your blood, it’s part of a normal and healthy process
for removing sugar from your blood after eating.
There are 2 problems that cause insulin to hurt your weight loss results:
1. Too much insulin, too often
2. Low sensitivity to insulin
If there is too much insulin your blood, sugar and fat is going to be forced to become body fat instead of
being used for energy. Junk food with low fiber content will ‘spike’ your insulin levels, which is why they
impact weight loss.
People who have been eating unhealthy for years have bodies which have become desensitized to insulin.
They need even more insulin to be released for basic day-to-day functions, leading to fat gain and even
diabetes.
Later in the course we will look at ways to increase insulin sensitivity and reduce insulin spikes when
eating junk food.
Tetrogen: Hormones & Metabolism
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