
I remember it like it was yesterday.
I was scared of eating anything with sugar (even honey!).
Why?
I thought it was going to make me fat.
I used to see foods as “good” or “bad” and thought that any “bad” foods would automatically turn into fat and sabotage my progress.
Some people told me it was because sugar spikes insulin and makes you fat.
But wtf is insulin and why are some people so scared of it?
Tune in for today's episode to learn more about insulin and if it really is the bad guy so many people make it out to be!
References of the studies mentioned in the episode:
1 - Hall KD, Guo J. Obesity Energetics: Body Weight Regulation and the Effects of Diet Composition. Gastroenterology. 2017 May;152(7):1718-1727.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.01.052. Epub 2017 Feb 11. PMID: 28193517; PMCID: PMC5568065. 2 - Gardner CD, Trepanowski JF, Del Gobbo LC, Hauser ME, Rigdon J, Ioannidis JPA, Desai M, King AC. Effect of Low-Fat vs Low-Carbohydrate Diet on 12-Month Weight Loss in Overweight Adults and the Association With Genotype Pattern or Insulin Secretion: The DIETFITS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018 Feb 20;319(7):667-679. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.0245. Erratum in: JAMA. 2018 Apr 3;319(13):1386. Erratum in: JAMA. 2018 Apr 24;319(16):1728. PMID: 29466592; PMCID: PMC5839290.