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hey guys in this video we’re gonna talk

about blood sugar terminology there are

several people recently that mentioned I

don’t really understand the terms that

you’re throwing out there and so I’m

really confused so would you just back

up and explain these terms and I agree

with them that we need to have a video

to make it really simple so this video

is for those people number one the word

glycemic means relating to glucose or

sugar okay and when we’re talking about

glycemic index we’re talking about a

scale from high to low of the

measurement of how fast the body digests

in absorbs and raises the sugar in the

blood okay so right here if we ate jelly

beans for example it’s going to spike up

and that would be very high in the list

if you ate celery okay it’s not very

sweet it’s going to be very low alright

so that’s what glycemic index means how

fast you can spike your sugars alright

now what happens when you do spike your

sugars you have a hormone that comes in

they’re called insulin and insulin is

basically gonna it does has one really

main purpose is to drop the sugar it

does not want the sugar to high so as

soon as you spike it it’s gonna come in

there and remove it from the blood so

insulin is a hormone that removes the

sugar it lowers this sugar okay now the

next term going to talk about is

glycemic load okay so that would be a

combination of the glycemic index and

the carb carbohydrate content okay what

does that mean carbohydrate content well

if something was very high and this is

another scale - okay if something was

very high on the glycemic load it would

create a long duration of this spike

blood sugar okay something below on the

list

it would create a little spike and then

come right down really fast so it’s kind

of like the duration okay the quantity

of how much carbon how much effect that

it’s creating it’s like it’s really like

the true glycemic response because let’s

say for example you eat carrots that are

hi in carbohydrate well they’re so also

high in fiber so they’re gonna have a

low glycemic load okay but a baked

potato that’s gonna very have a very

high glycemic load because it’s going to

create a longer duration than something

else with fiber so that’s another term

and so we want to look at both of these

terms when we’re measuring things

because there’s some subtle differences

all right now let’s talk about the

insulin index what is that

that’s another scale of how much insulin

the body is going to release now the

difference between glycemic index and

insulin and X is the glycemic index

measures the blood sugar spike the

insulin index measures the insulin

spiked okay completely different

situation and so you could have non

carbohydrate things that can spike

insulin Europe mostly its carbohydrate

that will increase insulin but you can

have other things that can trigger

insulin too so the insulin index are

usually the it goes beyond just the

carbohydrates okay so you have protein

for example that can spike insulin now

it’s interesting if you have low fat

protein like some type of fat-free dairy

for example that gives more insulin

spike than if you had a fattier protein

like a fatty or dairy like brie cheese

for example that would give a lower

response okay so that’s interesting

because most people go for the low fat

so the insulin index is a really good

thing to look at and measuring your

insulin because the whole goal is to

keep the insulin low as possible to

normal so you can lose weight and get

healthy the higher the insulin the more

damage to the body okay the more you’re

gonna get diabetes okay so that’s what

that’s all about then we have

carbohydrates proteins and fats these

are called macronutrients okay so

carbohydrates are going to be the thing

that’s going to spike this

and of course this all right that would

be at the top of the list you’re gonna

have all the refined sugars I for jenos

corn syrup and the refined grains and

corns and things like that and starches

it’s gonna raise it but protein is a

little different protein how it has the

capacity to raise insulin if it’s in an

excess amount okay so the main reason we

need protein in the diet is to provide a

structural material for the body parts

so the hair the nails the collagen the

bone all need and the muscle all need

proteins so we need these to build up

our structure when you consume excessive

protein it will increase insulin okay so

what does that mean well anything more

than 35 grams per meal of protein can be

converted into sugar okay or glucose now

this all depends too on your age and

your metabolism and all that but

generally speaking this is a rough

number so this is relating to about

three to six ounces of protein per meal

that’s what I’m gonna recommend for you

just to be safe I mean a little bit more

is okay a little less is okay but right

around this range here just to make sure

that protein doesn’t stimulate insulin

okay so but typically if you have a

moderate amount of protein you’re not

going to raise insulin too much okay

then we have this thing called fat this

is what people are avoiding and what’s

interesting is that fat has near zero

response of insulin okay so it doesn’t

it doesn’t have that response like

carbohydrates so so really when when you

talk about ketosis or a ketogenic diet

we’re talking about a diet that is very

low in carbs moderate protein in higher

in fat why because the whole purpose of

the ketosis is to run your body and an

alternative fuel source when you go in

to a state of ketosis you’re you’re no

longer using glucose for your fuel

you’re using ketones which is a

byproduct of

and the way you get into ketosis is by

reducing your carbs down to 20 to 50

grams per day so you’ve got to load the

carbs now the body is forced to use

another fuel system which is ketones so

it’s going to start burning your fat or

the dietary fat that you’re eating and

this is gonna give you another fuel

source right here which is ketones and

it’s a much cleaner fuel source it’s

better there’s a lot of other health

benefits you’re going to lose your belly

cognitive function there’s a lot of

great things that are gonna happen okay

so we have that term next term we’re

talking about is insulin sensitivity so

you have you know this huge population

and each person could be rated by their

sensitivity to insulin so the higher

sensitivity that that means the more the

insulin is working in the body the

better the control of blood sugars so

the people that have high sensitivity

insulin and it’s working don’t have a

weight problem they’re thin and they’re

usually healthy maybe for other things

or not but typically yes so then we have

the opposite scale which is resistant so

if insulin is no longer sensitive and

it’s resistant it’s not working its

dysfunctional we have the condition

called insulin resistance okay and what

happens with that condition is that the

body no longer absorbs insulin like it

should so it blocks it the cells block

it when that happens

it causes the feedback loop

overcompensation where your body’s going

to make more insulin the pancreas is

going to make more insulin and it’s

going to come in there to try to

compensate so now we have a situation

insulin resistance where we have a lot

higher amounts of insulin like 5 to 7

times versus a normal person so these

people are going to be fat

ok two thirds of the population have

this problem they don’t even know it

okay so we have too much insulin and

there’s a lot of issues that come with

that which I’m not going to get into so

here you have insulin resistance right

and then over time it gets worse worse

worse worse until now the body is going

to fail to compensate it’s still going

to compensate and

to the insulin resistance so now it’s

shutting down now you’re going to get a

condition called diabetes so really

diabetes is failure to adapt to the

insulin resistance which is the

pre-diabetes okay so it’s kind of like

it gets worse worse worse and then all

the sudden you now you can’t control

your blood Sugar’s because if you think

about it

insulin resistance is a spike in insulin

right so that should normally keep your

blood Sugar’s low but when it starts

going higher higher and higher in the

blood then that means it’s no longer

compensating it’s out of control

now you’re diabetic okay so and then the

way to fix insulin resistance is

obviously to go back here and cut out

the carbohydrates okay get into a

ketogenic diet apple cider vinegar

actually makes insulin more sensitive so

it’s a really good thing to start

consuming as a remedy potassium is very

very important to consume from the

vegetable source or electrolyte powders

and then we have the B vitamins also can

actually reduce the resistance I like

the nutrition we use for that and then

we have exercise exercise also can make

the insulin receptors more receptive and

make instant more sensitive so that can

also improve that and then the the most

powerful thing is in intermittent

fasting okay so that’s another thing we

are you’re eating but you’re not eating

this frequently and you’re not snacking

between the meals and you want to give

your body a chance to heal the insulin

resistance because every time you eat

you spike insulin so with instant minute

fasting what we’re doing was just giving

the body a break arrest so you can heal

the situation and so you can go from

being a diabetes and reverse backwards

to normal insulin okay so that’s

generally how you do it and this is an

overview of the blood sugar terms hey if

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