#258 - What are glucose and insulin and why do they matter for health? | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

#258 - What are glucose and insulin and why do they matter for health? | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

Excess glucose from food gets stored as fat. And our insulin response drives that fat storage. The goal is for the pancreas to release less insulin but for the body to have a healthy response to it. Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss the interplay between glucose and insulin, healthy glucose numbers, and the problems with insulin resistance.


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🎙 What Robert Lustig, MD, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:10) — The functions of glucose

(04:24) — Glucose levels change throughout the day

(05:30) — The implications of reactive hypoglycemia

(08:51) — Understanding glycemic index and glycemic load

(11:12) — How many glucose spikes per day are okay?

(14:34) — Insulin drives fat storage

(17:41) — How glucose spikes do their damage

(19:03) — How eating late before bed can cause insulin resistance

(22:12) — A look at healthy glucose levels

(27:06) — Insulin resistance is the first sign of issues

Transcript & Show notes

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