Blood Glucose Spikes: When to be Worried and How to Prevent Them
Glucose spikes: What they are, why they happen, and how to avoid them.
Insulin
How to Keep Your Blood Sugar Levels Stable After Eating
Insulin levels after eating: What you need to know.
The Insulin Index: Your Secret Weapon for Blood Sugar Control, Weight Loss, and More
The Food Insulin Index: Your ultimate guide to understand how foods affect your blood sugar and insulin levels.
Does Protein Spike Insulin (and Does It Matter)?
Does whey protein spike insulin? What you need to know.
The Carb-Insulin Hypothesis vs Protein Leverage Hypothesis of Obesity
I’ve recently been having some ‘robust discussion’ on social media around what I think amounts to the Carb-Insulin Model vs the Protein Leverage Hypothesis of obesity and diabetes. I wanted to unpack and juxtapose the similarities and differences between the two models and explain why I feel the protein leverage hypothesis is a more elegant, …
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Glucagon vs Insulin: The Accelerator and Brake Pedal for Your Metabolism
I’ve been banging on for years about insulin and how it’s not the bad guy in hopes of getting the keto community to listen. People often think they’re fat because their insulin levels are high. However, the reverse is true; your insulin levels are high because your body has more energy to hold in storage …
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How to Reverse Insulin Resistance: A Guide to Optimizing Your MEtabolic Health
Insulin resistance: What it is and how to reverse it.
Keto Lie #8: Insulin Toxicity is Enemy #1
Over the past few years, people in the fasting/low-carb/keto communities have been told that: Is Fat a ‘Free Food’ Because #Insulin? However, the problem with thinking in terms of ‘insulin toxicity’ comes when we add the belief that carbohydrates and protein will raise insulin (i.e. the Carbohydrate Insulin Hypothesis of Obesity) and hence dietary fat …
What Does Insulin Do in Your Body?
Many people still believe the primary role of insulin is to push energy into fat cells when you eat carbs. This flawed logic goes a bit like this: eat carbs -> boost insulin –> get fat But the reality is: in the fullness of time, all food elicits an insulin response to varying degrees, the …