Remember: eating anything spikes your insulin; it's a matter of how much it gets spiked, and how frequently. Insulin is both a blood-sugar-reducing hormone (good) and a fat-storing hormone (bad). Normally, insulin spikes in response to a perceived increase in blood sugar, often from high-glycemic foods that are full of refined carbs (bread, pasta, desserts, snacks, etc.), but even in response to seemingly harmless artificial sweeteners found in diet drinks, keto desserts, etc. If your insulin spikes too often, your body develops a tolerance and becomes insulin-resistant—one of the signs of type 2 diabetes. Taking exogenous insulin doesn't really address the insulin-resistance issue, but it does make your body store more carb energy as fat, i.e., exogenous insulin isn't going to help you to lose weight. In all, taking extra insulin is a net negative. Control your insulin through diet. Below, Dr. Fung addresses the idea of reducing insulin without cutting carbs. Is it possible? Well, there's a trick to it.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
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