#197 Improving metabolic health and insulin resistance

<p>In today’s solo episode and I’ll be talking about insulin resistance, how this impacts your risk of disease and why insulin resistance could drive many chronic conditions and why certain lifestyle measures work for improving metabolic health.</p><br /><p>By the end of the episode you will understand:</p><br /><p>The relationship between IR and disease</p><p>The importance of sugar balance in the body</p><p>What insulin is and how insulin works</p><p>What happens when we become resistant to insulin</p><p>What are the causes of IR</p><p>What we can do to become more insulin sensitive and ultimately prevent disease</p><br /><p>🎬 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/thedoctorskitchen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch the podcast on YouTube here</a></p><p><strong>📱</strong><a href="https://applink.thedoctorskitchen.com/D8Et/rl6rea2q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Download The Doctor’s Kitchen app for free</a></p><br /><p>You can<a href="https://applink.thedoctorskitchen.com/D8Et/rl6rea2q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> download The Doctor’s Kitchen app for free</a> to get access to all of our recipes, with specific suggestions tailored to your health needs and new recipes added every month. We’ve had some amazing feedback so far and we have new features being added all the time - check it out with a 14 day free trial too.</p><br /><p>🥗 <a href="https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join the newsletter and 7 day meal plan</a></p><p>📷 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow on Instagram</a></p><p>🐦 <a href="https://twitter.com/doctors_kitchen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tweet me</a></p><br /><p>References:</p><p>4 grams of glucose - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636990/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636990/</a></p><p>IR Overview - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507839/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507839/</a></p><p>Insulin resistance Mechanisms - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8831809/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8831809/</a></p><p>Insulin resistance, genes and mitochondria - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341556/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341556/</a></p><p>Obesity Insulin and cancer - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7214048/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7214048/</a></p><p>Insulin resistance from euglycaemic clamps - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3379600/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3379600/</a></p><p>Sleep debt and Insulin resistance - <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10543671/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10543671/</a></p><p>Increased snacking with poor sleep - <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19056602/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19056602/</a></p><p>Impact of sleep disorders on endocrine systems - <a href="https://dmsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13098-015-0018-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dmsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13098-015-0018-3</a></p><p>Shorterm sleep restruction reduces insulin sensitivity in young healthy adults - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557027/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557027/</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>