Most people have heard of insulin resistance but aren’t really sure what it means. And insulin is truly being found more and more to be the key to controlling your weight and so much more.
But what is insulin anyway?
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas when we eat high carb foods such as sugar or foods that break down into sugar (processed foods, bread, cakes cookies, pasta, rice, etc.).
When we eat carbs and sugar, the sugar goes into our blood raising our blood glucose levels. We don’t want sugar in our blood and that’s where insulin comes in.
Insulin escorts the sugar out of the blood and into the cells to be used for energy.
However, after eating that bagel and OJ, we often don’t burn off that sugar and use it up as energy, so it gets stored in the cells as fat.
Hence, insulin’s nickname being the “fat storage hormone.”
Insulin resistance results when the body is bombarded constantly with carbs and too much sugar causing constant insulin production. The body then becomes resistant to the effects of insulin, thereby producing even more insulin to escort that sugar out of the blood.
This vicious cycle results in a constant battle of trying to tame high blood glucose levels.
High blood sugar results in hard-to-lose weight and inflammation and damage and much worse conditions.
So, how to we regulate our insulin?
Don’t feed it the foods that keep forcing our bodies to produce so much insulin!
Eating lower carb and more nutrient-dense foods lower the need to produce insulin in the first place.
This will give the pancreas a break and calm it by reducing the response to make insulin.
The first step is to avoid processed foods and eat more foods that our bodies are meant to eat such as clean proteins, beans, nuts and seeds, vegetables and fruit.
Also, drink lots of water to stay hydrated and flush out what the body doesn’t need.
You will be amazed at how quickly your body will go from being fat storing to fat burning by eliminating the fake food and eating REAL, clean food.
And if you want to see the healthy foods I eat so I will never fall into the insulin resistance cycle, check out my free shopping list.
“It is our choices that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.”
Live well and love more,
Jill Gordon, CHHC, MHt, MNLP, MSC, CLC
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