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hello everyone today we are going to
answer the question will insulin cause
weight gain
I am dr. Amit aergon i'm the founder of
sugar emmys.com and I have a huge
diabetes practice and I get this
question every day and here is the
answer
tune in and we'll talk about this in
detail now the short answer to the
question will insulin cause weight gain
the answer is more than likely yes we
have another video about do I have to be
on insulin you can refer to that video
but if you really have to be on insulin
yes insulin will more than likely cause
weight gain for some people is a good
thing because if you're already losing a
ton of weight insulin will stop your
weight loss and that's one of the
indications that we use insulin for and
most of most of the time I will avoid
and do whatever it takes to get you off
of the insulin okay so nobody wants to
be on insulin but sometimes it's a
necessary evil and you have to be on it
otherwise there's no way we can stop
your weight loss for example or if you
have type 1 diabetes now in your case if
you are on once a day insulin right you
will probably gain a few pounds and the
problem is if you are giving too much
insulin right sometimes you're giving
too little insulin which you think
insulin doesn't work and sometimes they
tell you to keep up going up on your
insulin and then suddenly you know that
you're on hundred units of insulin and
you're having low blood sugars you're
always hungry if you have that type of
insulin regimen you will gain a lot of
weight so insulin has to be given
specifically tailored to each individual
to their specific needs to a specific
target and it has to be used safely
again insulin is so commonly used
everybody prescribes insulin everybody
takes insulin and the problem is it is
not used correctly so a lot of times
people are over treated and other
alternative medications are not used and
people end up gaining weight and that's
number one problem that you have to
address with your endocrinologist or
your diabetes specialist and I hope you
have one but if you have a primary care
doctor and if they don't answer your
questions we are here at sugar emmys.com
to help you we will give you a free
consultation we will give you all the
alternatives your questions will be
answered you can text or call us at any
time now the second time that you will
have a tremendous amount of weight gain
on insulin is if you're on multiple
daily injections of insulin and again
you will gain more weight if you are
giving - if you are given too much
insulin now how do you get the right
amount of insulin if you have to be on
insulin you have to be on the right
amount of insulin the best way to do it
is if you are on a structured regimen
where you're actually counting your
carbs you're educated you're trained
almost like a professional athlete type
of training where you know exactly what
you're eating how much you're eating
what is your insulin to carb ratio now a
lot of younger people tend to grab that
concept very easily and for older folks
for people who do not want to get too
much involved in their diet and their
diet is so much similar we give them a
structured but in a fixed regimen of
insulin where we tell them you know this
is how much you should be eating that
depends on the person and you should as
long as you stick with this type of
carbs and we are not trying to put
people in the same box but we are trying
to create a consistency consistency is
important in everything in life right if
your personality has to be consistent
you cannot just be a nice 1 minute if
you're crazy next minute everybody
expect consistency you're going to work
everybody expect a consistent work
quality you're driving that police
officers expect a consistent quality of
Drive
good driving skills consistently the
moment you screw up you can kill
somebody you can kill yourself so again
with diabetes we expect consistency
especially if you're not counting carbs
and that's not difficult to achieve now
how do you achieve a professional level
of knowledge that happens when you work
with professionals it is not going to
happen when you go to the doctor every
three months for them to see you for
five minutes and expect to be the best
diabetic ever that is not going to
happen so change your expectations and
understand the real world so people
don't become a doctor after one year
they go ten six years ten years of
schooling to become a doctor so that's
the expectation that is if you want to
achieve that that's what you do with the
diabetes care you don't have to go to
diabetes class for ten years all you
have to do is to stay in touch with your
diabetes coach and manage your
day-to-day operations for at least
couple of months to understand the
effect of your behavior the effect of
your insulin but that is a very fluid
process so it has to be managed actively
24/7 that's why we found sugar and is
calm where you we can tracked you
remotely what you're eating what your
blood Sugar's are tell you what to do
and what not to do that way you learn
from your mistakes and before you know
it you become a purl and that's how you
prevent how you prevent the weight gain
with insulin even if you are type one
diabetic I have very skinny type one
diabetics I have obese type one
diabetics and that is a problem a lot of
type one diabetics are becoming obese
nowadays just because they do not know
how to use insulin they have a lot of
low blood sugars a lot of weight gain
and type 2 diabetes is even worse most
of the time type 2 diabetics go on
insulin end up gaining a ton of weight
and that is not fun again
we are here to help you I hope that
helps you this video helps you and we
will see you in the more educational
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