Hey everybody is Denise back with you Keto with Denise to talk about a
very important topic now I really want to encourage you to get a notepad and
pen so that you can take some notes on this because this is really important
it's called the insulin resistance you may have heard about it before you may
know a lot about it but I'm going to act as though you know nothing about it for
those of you that are watching this video I want you to pay close attention
because there are some things going on in our bodies that we don't really even
know there's some outward appearance about these issues but I want to really
dig deep so you can understand it okay so first before we talk about insulin
resistance let's talk about what is insulin and there's another video that
goes into details about the functions of insulin but I want to just recap it
right now insulin is a hormone a very important hormone that your body makes
is made by the pancreas so whenever the pancreas releases insulin and the blood
stream it goes to do a number of different things to nourish your cells
turn glucose into glycogen fat burning etc etc so there's a whole lot of things
that your body needs even absorption of minerals and vitamins like potassium and
things like that so very important that you understand that insulin is a very
vital hormone in the body but what happens when there is too much insulin
being created so let's establish the scenario this way if you are eating a
very high sugar high carb diet it's very likely that you have insulin resistance
that's a lot of sugar being produced in the body which causes a lot of insulin
to be released so let's follow the flow of how the body works the pancreas
creates insulin we said that it's sent through the bloodstream and if there is
too much insulin because you've eaten high sugar high carb foods there are
cell receptors that won't block that insulin it's supposed to be coming in
right here but it gets blocked and the cells cannot absorb or take in that
insulin and that's a problem it's a problem on one hand but it's
really a problem a good thing that your sales are rejecting it because too much
insulin in the body it's deadly so there's different levels and stages of
insulin resistance some people you may have completely maybe completely blocked
committing there's no insulin getting in and some people may have partial blocks
it might be 20% block 80 percent block but it's not getting enough of what it
needs so in essence when it is blocked to whatever degree that cell receptor
notes that it's going to block it excess insulin will be stored as fat and their
cells don't receive the nutrients and all the other functions that that
insulin is supposed to do so what happens now the cell receptors send
what's called the feedback them because there's a two-way conversation going on
with the hormones right so the cell receptors that didn't get that insulin
will send that feedback back to the pancreas saying I did not get that
insulin I have low insulin state going on right now so what do you think the
pancreas is going to do at that moment when that signal is given that you
guessed it it's going to create more insulin and now we have an even bigger
problem we already started with too much insulin now the pancreas is doing what
it should be doing it's going to create more insulin so there are people that
have five to seven times more insulin in their bodies being released in their
bodies than they really should have and that's where the degradation in your
health begins because what's happening you've got some parts of the body with
low insulin and other parts of the body with high insulin so you have a
potential of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia we'll talk about that in
another video but I want you to understand that whenever you're eating
high sugar high carb foods this is what the body is doing now that it's one is
released every time you eat less less establish that whenever you eat insulin
is going to be released because your body's trying to get the nutrients and
so on and so forth it's trying to store that
burn that sugar and turn it into glucose that kind of thing but what's really
important is that when you're eating high sugar high carbs then that's
reducing way more insulin than the body needs so what happens when you've got a
state of insulin resistance by the way one way that you know you have insulin
resistance or possibly this scenario going on let's take a look at your belly
if you have an extended or protruding belly it is very likely that you are
dealing with this situation of insulin resistance and by the way your glucose
levels could read normal when you go to your doctor and have him live work done
or even have a post tolerance test done they may come back normal but that
doesn't mean this condition doesn't happen why because insulin is not
typically tested there is a test called pull-up IR that tests for insulin
resistance and that's when you're going to know what state your body is actually
resistant some people have requested Abbott done but it's not regularly done
so what happens this goes on for a period of time this could take years
before it manifests itself into high blood sugars and then of course the
diabetes begins and some of these other things but keep in mind what's happening
in the meantime is the body is already struggling and if this continues to go
because there's a lot of snacking there's a lot of meals frequent all
these things that trigger insulin then you've got this high insulin and guess I
think you said it before the body is going to store is back that's what's
making us fat and that's what's also keeping us from losing weight because
one of the functions of insulin is to burn fat and if they can't even get into
the cells to do what it needs to do then you're just going to continue to
get bigger and bigger I know this firsthand because I tried a number of
different things to lose weight and it wasn't until I started with
insulin resistance and bringing down the carbs and the sugars and changing my
diet that this thing began to reverse no more high blood pressure because high
blood pressure is one of the onset impacts of insulin resistance and then
the list goes on and on we've got we covered that in a different video I talk
about that all the different chronic illnesses that insulin resistance can
cause but what I want you to understand if you take away anything from this
discussion first understand an insulin resistance the body is blocking insulin
or the cells of lacking insulin to some degree it could be a hundred percent
block or some derivatives of that but the fact that you're not getting the
insulin that your body needs that means that really in some cases your cells
could be starving literally starving you're eating but
your sales are starving because they're not getting the nutrients and you want
to hear something else is really interesting because the cells are not
getting the insulin that it needs the results of that you wonder why are you
having cravings for sugar and carbs this is one reason you want to know why
you're hungry and never satisfied meaning you just ate two hours ago but
get you're ready to nibble on something else or that afternoon urge like three
o'clock or so 2:30 3 o'clock you need something sweet or snack insulin
resistance could be at work there and then of course weight gain especially
the belly in fact which we talked about so these are things that we're going to
go into detail about insulin resistance and some of the other videos this is
just the basics so that you understand pretty much when you hear the term
insulin resistance what that really means so right now what I want you to
really begin to think about it start making efforts to reduce the high sugar
and carbs in your diet so that you can begin to address this situation okay so
that's all we have for you thank you for watching it will
the next video