You’ll NEVER reverse insulin resistance until you FIX THIS...

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• TH

  @TheRawDose · 1 month ago

  <b>Key Points to Remember After You Watch The Video. (Thank Me Later):</b><br>1. Insulin is the most important hormone in your body because it manages how your organs use energy (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU">0:00</a>).<br><br>2. When you eat, insulin tells your body to store extra energy in fat cells so it can be used later (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=243">4:03</a>).<br><br>3. Insulin resistance happens when your body ignores insulin, forcing your pancreas to work extra hard by making even more of it (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=1080">18:00</a>).<br><br>4. Even if your blood sugar test looks normal, you can still have high insulin levels that cause health problems (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=53">0:53</a>).<br><br>5. Many people with insulin resistance do not have diabetes yet, but they are at risk for heart disease and some cancers (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=65">1:05</a>).<br><br>6. High insulin levels can act like a warning sign in women by causing issues like irregular periods and fertility problems (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=1307">21:47</a>).<br><br>7. You can spot high insulin through skin changes, like dark patches or skin tags around the neck and body creases (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=1455">24:15</a>).<br><br>8. You do not need to be overweight to have insulin resistance, as some people carry harmful fat inside their belly around their organs (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=2333">38:53</a>).<br><br>9. Eating highly processed foods like white bread and soda causes fast blood sugar spikes that stress your body out (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=841">14:01</a>).<br><br>10. You can help reverse insulin resistance by choosing complex carbohydrates instead of simple, sugary ones (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=906">15:06</a>).<br><br>11. Exercise helps because muscles can burn up blood sugar for energy without needing insulin at all (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=2636">43:56</a>).<br><br>12. Both aerobic exercise and strength training are great, but the most important thing is simply to stay active and consistent (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=2717">45:17</a>).<br><br>13. Stress and not getting enough regular sleep can mess up your hormones and make insulin resistance worse (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=2798">46:38</a>).<br><br>14. You should look at your family history and body shape to understand your own personal health risks instead of just relying on average numbers (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=1745">29:05</a>).<br><br>Hope I hit 100K subscribers soon.... so my dad stops thinking I’m wasting time helping people. 💪💪💪

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• MR

  @MrRobinGoodhand · 1 month ago

  I have grown to believe that it is best NOT to eat anything at all between meals, and nothing at all for 3-4 hours before going to bed at night. &nbsp;If you continuously graze all day long, you never give your insulin/glucose a chance to cycle back to base levels, so you spend ALL day in a high-insulin state. &nbsp; I believe this is why we become insulin resistant, this near constant state of high insulin present in the blood. &nbsp;Insulin is an extremely important hormone, but too much for too long leads to metabolic imbalance.

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• JA

  @jamesgordon8867 · 1 month ago

  The lower the insulin, the better I feel! 4.8 at age 72 😊

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• HO

  @homomorphic · 1 month ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqAzY8oIDU&amp;t=2249">37:29</a><br><br>This is <i>very</i> important. The people who develop insulin resistance are those who cannot add fat in a metabolically healthy way. &nbsp;This is why 20% of obese people are metabolically healthy (they are able to add fat in a metabolically healthy way) and this is also why 80% of normal weight people are insulin resistant (because they are not able to add fat in a metabolically healthy way).

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• AL

  @alisonjane5364 · 1 month ago (edited)

  Please Zoe, interview Roy Taylor. He&apos;s the most knowledgeable person on t2d and has designed the protocol now used by the NHS. He&apos;s in the uk. The problem is that the NHS will only pay for the protocol when a person has reached full diabetes, not as a preventative intervention. Utterly insane but that says everything about the state of healthcare in the uk. It&apos;s should be called sickcare instead of healthcare.

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• AN

  @AndresWalsh · 1 month ago

  Great episode. It&apos;s programs like this that helped me recognize and address my insulin resistance. My doctors ignored the signs - high triglycerides, low HDL, skin tags, obesity, blood pressure, etc. Maybe doctors just don&apos;t know. You have to take your health into your own hands and educate yourself. Thanks to the doctor and interviewer.

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• MA

  @MarcThreadgold · 1 month ago

  very informative and accessible to the layman

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• PA

  @paulafordham6318 · 1 month ago

  I feel I&apos;m in a catch 22 situation. I&apos;m overweight, but I follow Zoé to the nth degree. But due to arthritis, exacerbated by cancer and radiotherapy, exercise is very difficult and painful for me. I&apos;ve got an elliptical trainer I can use sitting down, but my target is to simply stay mobile enough to be self sufficient. Nobody discusses these circumstances on your podcasts, yet I believe there will be many people in similar circumstances. Please can you address this . Many thanks.

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• CH

  @christinewotherspoon6655 · 1 month ago

  Listening to this begs the question why do Drs test for Hb A1c and not for blood insulin levels?

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• JA

  @jamesgordon8867 · 1 month ago

  Undiagnosed low thyroid doesn&apos;t help 😮

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• ZO

  @zoyamelnikova63 · 1 month ago

  I was terrified about my blood sugar and brain health 🙃 then I read Stop Feeding Disease by Mark Keller and finally understood the connection. He explains how food affects insulin and your brain simply. I changed my eating and my numbers improved. I dropped 20lbs and my mind is so clear now. Feels like a total lifesaver honestly))

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• RE

  @reb460-e2c · 1 month ago

  Hyperglycemia seems to be a continuum with the healthy HbA1c range about 4.7 to 5.0. Damage/pathologies seem to slowly start developing in the low 5 range, initially stressing the pancreas to make more insulin (beta cell depletion?). <br><br>The arbitrary/statistical numbers for defining prediabetes and diabetes seem more for bureaucratic decision-making than for disease prevention (Blood glucose 126mg (48 mmol/mol (6.5%)) is where researchers observed retinopathy?). Many people develop microvascular ocular complications and/or other pathologies without ever ‘officially’ having diabetes.<br><br>Wouldn’t it be more helpful to start nutritional/other intervention earlier BEFORE named pathologies develop? Or even earlier, treat hyperinsulinemia?

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