BEN BIKMAN 1 | EXCESS INSULIN disrupts normal cells: skin problems; PCOS

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presents episode 1008 | Dr Nadir Ali
Dr Nadir Ali podcast

USA not in top 20 countries in diabetes...
-global problem
INSULIN RESISTANCE: 2 parts
1-some cells NOT RESPONDING to insulin
2-HYPERINSULINEMIA too much insulin
so healthy cells are overwhelmed!
High blood insulin: okay for
-insulin resistant cells:
extra insulin gets in
BUT for normal cells: extra insulin makes
them RESPOND TOO MUCH
-that is a problem

Metabolic health? Flexibility:
-eat starch? go to glucose burning
-fast 12 hours? go to fat burning
[insulin dictates which fuel is used]
-insulin high: glucose burning
-low: fat burning
If metabolically UNHEALTHY:
-insulin is always elevated, so
-stuck in glucose burning mode

Diseases of insulin resistance...
Skin
-acanthosis nigricans
[hyperinsulinemia driving melanin]
Brain
-insulin resistance driving Alzheimer's
Liver
-insulin resistance driving fatty liver
INFERTILITY
-ED in men
-PCOS in women

INFERTILITY
PCOS: due to high insulin
-ovary cells STILL SENSITIVE to insulin
-hyperactive to excess insulin
-INHIBITING conversion of testosterone
into estrogens
[all estrogens were once testosterone]
-so, low estrogen disrupts cycle

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