What Is Insulin Resistance? – Dr. Berg

From Dr. Eric Berg DC
May 9, 2017

In this video, we're going to cover insulin resistance.

What is insulin resistance (IR)?
Insulin resistance is the body's defense mechanism against excess sugar (glucose).

What is insulin?
Insulin keeps your blood sugars from going too high. Insulin is a detoxifier hormone. It's meant to detoxify excess sugar.

Normal blood sugar is equivalent to about 1 teaspoon of sugar per 1 1/2 gallons of blood. The average American consumes 31 teaspoons of sugar, which is 140 pounds of sugar per year.

You don't need much sugar in your body. Too much sugar is toxic to the body.

Too much sugar can create problems such as:

• Neuropathies
• Blindness
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Inflammation
• Memory loss (Alzheimer's)
• Cancer
• Visceral fat

Glucose (sugar) is not the preferred fuel of the body— it's fat. Fat is a much cleaner fuel and is the body's naturally preferred fuel. Ketones are the by-product of fat-burning. A ketogenic diet helps not just weight loss, but many body problems over time.

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