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so today we’re gonna talk about type 2

diabetes we’re not gonna be talking

about type 1 but type 2 diabetes is more

of a disease of insulin than it is of

glucose now let me explain when you’re

diagnosed with diabetes type 2 they

usually use a blood test to measure how

much glucose is in your blood if it’s

126 or greater and tested a couple times

you are a diabetic so that’s called

hyperglycemia this is how they diagnose

diabetes type 2 but here’s the problem

retinopathy that’s damage with the

retina in your eye neuropathy which is

the problem with the nerve in your toes

and your fingertips nephropathy which is

the problem with your kidney it’s like

kidney disease hypertension memory loss

damage with the brain cells visceral fat

all occur before you get high blood

sugar and this is because the

destruction of the eye the nerve the

kidney the brain the heart occurs with

high levels of insulin and it may take

10 to 20 years before you become a

diabetic but in the process you’re

getting damaged with the retina the

nerve the kidney the heart the brain and

you’re getting fatter so high levels of

insulin over a period of time develop a

condition called insulin resistance

which I’m going to talk about which then

lead to high blood sugar the pancreas

the little beta cells make insulin and

they go into the cells the receptors and

they trigger a certain process that

creates a different effect one of the

primary functions of insulin is to lower

blood sugar but insulin does a lot more

in fact insulin goes into every single

cell in the body the immune cells the

red blood cells the fat cells the muscle

cells the insulin hormone is very

anabolic so the theme with insulin is to

make things bigger to grow things it’s

anabolic this is why people get fatter

with insulin

problem is insulin is very toxic in high

levels so the body actually has to

protect itself so it develops it’s

called insulin resistance okay so in

some resistance is purely a protective

survival mechanism against the toxic

effects and I’ve already covered the

toxic effects as your body develops

resistance then we don’t get the

feedback loop like we should and the

body makes more and more insulin to try

to cull and now we’re getting even

higher levels of insulin and as things

worsen over time that pancreas gets

exhausted and it starts to fail in this

compensation now you cannot keep the

blood sugar level so now the blood sugar

goes up it’s basically more icing in the

cake which worsens the situation because

it’s going to create a lot of oxidation

and worsens all these conditions that

originated from the high levels of

insulin now why is this so important

because if someone like your medical

doctor could detect high insulin 10

years ago they could have done something

about it to prevent this problem from

happening and not only that but if the

medical profession could understand this

concept they wouldn’t be giving a type-2

diabetic insulin they wouldn’t give them

medication to increase more insulin

because all that’s doing it’s like

pouring gasoline on a fire and it’s just

gonna make it worse so it’s very very

important when you get your blood tests

to ask your doctor to always test your

insulin levels your fasting in some

levels and make sure it’s below 5 many

times you’ll see reference points that

normals like 8 to 12 but so there’s a

there’s a lack of agreement on what

normal is and that’s a whole other video

on that but you want to keep it 5 or

lower to be safe

alright so now let me just show you what

causes the increase of insulin

carbohydrates carbs and protein

exaggerate the spike in insulin so

barbecued ribs adding steak and potato a

bun with a hamburger

hamburger with coca-cola will do it that

really spikes insulin MSG monosodium

glutamate excessive amounts of protein

especially if it’s low fat like whey

protein will stimulate insulin generally

you don’t have to worry about protein in

its natural form if it has fat because

for example if you have the egg white

versus the whole egg the egg white will

stimulate more instant than the whole

egg so the fat is actually beneficial to

keeping the insulin in check and also

realize that the counter hormone called

glucagon is triggered when you consume

protein so that does buffer the effect

of insulin so you really don’t have to

worry too much about doing you know

regular meals with protein as far as

insulin goes only if it’s in a form

that’s in a powder with really low fat

frequent eating is a is a big stimulator

of insulin because every time you eat

you trigger insulin this is a real big

one right here vegetable oils have been

linked to insulin resistance which is

going to create more insulin now to

decrease insulin consuming fiber

actually will increase butyrate which

actually will help improve insulin

resistance by the way so that’s one one

thing that will help lower insulin is

actually just including vegetables in

your meal doing keto low-carb we’ll do

it in a minute fasting apple cider

vinegar certain minerals like potassium

magnesium chromium zinc will all lower

insulin vitamin D will help you lower

insulin exercise will help lower insulin

decreasing your stress lower insulin and

getting good night rest will also help

lower insulin and just make sure the

next time you get your blood test have

them test your fasting insulin level

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