In this episode, I'm going to give you a basic understanding of the insulin response, which happens when there's an increase in blood sugar after eating a meal or a snack. All too often I see people that complain about their diabetes and they have eating habits that aren't helping them.
When we eat, the pancreas secretes or puts out insulin, and eating carbohydrates causes the highest amount of insulin to be secreted. Insulin is known as a storage hormone, and in graduate school we referred to it as the fat hormone because it helps store carbohydrates as fat -- as if in the future there was going to be a famine.
So basically, we're telling the body to store fat when we overconsume carbohydrates, particularly the refined type like bread, cereal, pasta and of course, sugary foods, and even fruit. Metabolically, when you eat foods high in sugar and carbs, you increase both blood sugar and insulin levels.
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