Every day I help people just like you reverse insulin resistance. And we all know somebody
who's struggling with this or maybe you're even struggling yourself. But the good news
is that we don't have to look any further than our kitchen spice rack in order to start
edging our physiology in the right direction reversing this insulin resistance problem.
Let me show you which spices work best. But before we get started,
I'm Dr. Zyrowski and I started my holistic health practice in order to help you take
control of your health naturally because true health only comes naturally.
Hey, wellness warriors, this first spice I'm going to talk about you have to be a
little bit careful with it. I heard about how good it was for you so I went to the store and
I bought a big chunk of it. I broke a piece off, threw it into a smoothie, blended it up,
and I remember taking my first big gulp of it and just my eyes got big and I was like,
“Oh, this is horrible.” Well, it was a little bit overwhelming because this spice I'm talking about
is ginger. Now, ginger has an incredibly powerful flavor that I find that a lot of people either
love or hate. I personally like it - just not in an enormous dose in my smoothie. Now, regardless
of what your taste buds think of ginger, what the research shows is that it's incredibly powerful
in order to help you reverse insulin resistance due to its active component known as gingerol.
In this particular study, ginger enhanced glucose uptake in the skeletal muscle, therefore reducing
the blood sugar. Now there's a couple ways I like to use this in my home. First of all,
you can of course have ginger in your spice rack, so you can just use it any type of dish.
The other thing that you can do is you can buy a chunk of ginger and use very small amounts of it
in a smoothie, blend it up, and of course get the positive effects from that. And then lastly,
the other way I like to use ginger in my home is you buy a jar of organic ginger juice and
you can use this in a mixture with apple cider vinegar and just really add some fuel to the power
that apple cider vinegar already offers in reducing blood sugar so that you can have
the most profound impact in reversing insulin resistance with simple at home ingredients.
This next spice we're going to talk about is going to turn everything yellow and it's very popular in
Indian cuisine. Now, it's beloved by those in the health community because it wields such a
powerful benefit when it comes to not only reversing insulin resistance, but also your
entire bodily health. This is turmeric. Turmeric has an active compound in it called curcumin,
which is a powerful antioxidant and also a very powerful anti-inflammatory. And this comes in
as a complete powerhouse when it comes to reducing the low-grade chronic inflammation
that's associated with insulin resistance. I personally like to add the spice in whenever I
can. Sometimes, I'll put it in smoothies, but for the most part, I cook with it
Turmeric has a profound ability to help reduce the amount of sugar in the blood,
which is a big win for anybody who's trying to improve insulin sensitivity. But when we look
overall at some of the top spices that nature has to offer in order to help you improve your health
turmeric is at the top of the list. And this is why I not only cook with it, but I also even
supplement with it daily because this is what allows for me and many of my patients to get
all the research-backed benefits that turmeric has to offer. And this is so important because
many people are turning directly to the medication with having no knowledge of nature's remedies that
works in many cases just as good as the medication but without the side effects. What I'll do is I'll
put a link in the description to the vitamins that I use as part of my insulin resistance protocols.
All right, let's go ahead and talk about the next spice in your kitchen which is great for
insulin resistance. And let me tell you, as I'm going through these, I'm thinking to myself,
well I'm really glad I love the flavor of most of these spices I'm talking about. Now, this one
in particular is great and most dishes, it has very potent medicinal properties and actually
is highly nutritious. This is garlic. Garlic has been shown to increase insulin secretion and also
have antioxidant properties that improve insulin sensitivity. Now, when I was growing up, the only
way I think that I ever ate garlic was in the way of like garlic toast or eating garlic bagels, but
now I love to use like minced garlic. I like to use garlic cloves and even garlic powder on some
of my favorite dishes and sautéed vegetables. It's a great, great beneficial spice that you can use
to not only help improve your insulin sensitivity, but also reduce inflammation in the body.
The next spice that we're going to talk about is certainly one of my favorites and it’s probably
one of the most loved spices that people use in their kitchen, especially with the holidays coming
up right around the corner. Now, this is cinnamon and it’s one of the most highly researched spices
that's out there that has been shown to bring down your blood sugar through several different
mechanisms. The first way that it does this is cinnamon actually mimics the effects of insulin.
And this has a tremendous impact on the cell's ability to uptake glucose.
One study showed that cinnamon alone was able to reduce fasting blood sugar between 10 and 29%,
which is huge. The second mechanism at work as cinnamon actually has the ability to decrease the
amount of glucose entering the bloodstream with every meal. It does this by slowing the digestion
of carbohydrates in the digestive tract. The third way cinnamon supports bringing down your
blood sugar is actually by making insulin more sensitive, allowing it to do its job. In the
case of insulin resistance, the cells resist insulin and they're not able to effectively
bring sugar into the cell. By using cinnamon, it increases that sensitivity. And therefore, if the
sugar can get into the cell, the blood sugar is lower. I like to use cinnamon in smoothies,
tea, coffee, I'll make a chia seed pudding and use it in that and I like it in many different
low carb desserts it just adds a great flavor to them. Now according to the research, if we want
to improve insulin sensitivity, we want to use about one to two teaspoons of cinnamon every day.
Now that you know which spices are the best for insulin resistance.
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Insulin resistance being simple, it's really not. It's more of a complex issue in the body. It's
affecting your hearts. It’s affecting your entire body and the way it functions. So, we want to not
only lose the fat but improve our cardiovascular health, improve our metabolic health.