How Carbs Affect Insulin Sensitivity

Our bodies and diet play an absolutely enormousrole when it comes to achieving our physical

transformation goals.

Over the years, our society has increased ourcarbohydrate intake tremendously because it’s cheap andeasy to mass produce, but our bodies don’t necessarily

benefit from this.

In fact, because of howmany carbs weconsume, we havestarted building atolerance to a

tremendously significanthormone that can makeall the difference whenmaking the lifestyle

changes we desire. It’sinsulin, and it can either

be an asset or amassive hindrance

depending on how weuse it.

Insulin is supposed to regulate your blood sugar byclearing it quickly from you blood stream after a carb-

filled meal. It shuttles your blood sugar to muscletissue instead of letting it remain stagnant and get

absorbed into fat cells (which skyrockets weight gain).

But, many times, this is not the case. In reality, when we eatloads and loads of processed carbs, we build a carbohydratetolerance which then resists much-needed insulin. This insulinresistance then results in dramatically reduced fat burning,

increased blood sugar levels, and increased fat storage.

What’s more, insulinresistance often precedes

and causes type II diabetesin addition to any number

of health problemsincluding but not limited

to Alzheimer’s, prematureaging, heart disease, and

even strokes.

It pays off to be carefulwith carbs, but so many ofus don’t even know what’ssupposed to happen when

we eat them.

MinimumInsulinRelease

When your body is very sensitive toinsulin, only a very small amount isrequired to properly transport glucosefrom your bloodstream to theappropriate storage sites. If this is thecase with you, then you’re in great shapebecause the body has an intenselydifficult time burning off fat with insulinin your bloodstream. As a rule of thumb,the less insulin you have, the better.

Glycogen UptakeGlycogen, for our intents andpurposes, is the storedcarbohydrate in muscle tissueand the liver. Should thesetissues be highly sensitive toinsulin, then the lion’s share ofglucose will be stored withinthem as an energy source. Thepoint? If it’s stored as anenergy reserve in your muscletissue, then it’s not convertedto fat—and that’s a good thing.

Minimum FatStorageBy choosing to increase insulin sensitivity, your body will preserve carbs as energy inlean muscle and the liver, as opposed to unsightly body fat.

Basically, your body’sability to break downcarbs comes down toinsulin sensitivity. So

before you bite into thatjuicy burger, think abouthow it will likely affectyour insulin levels. It’s anuphill battle to remain in

control of our dietconsidering the prevalence

of media andadvertisement, but it’s a

necessary battle toremain in control of our

bodies.