Controlling Insulin

 

We've all heard about Insulin before but not many of us knows how it operates within the body. Our body is always trying to control how much sugar we have present in our blood, ready to be utilized as energy for basic life supporting functions (Internal organs need to operate on some sort of energy after all). When blood sugar rises above what the body deems fit, it will release Insulin in order to reduce the level of blood sugar (glucose).

The way Insulin works is by signalling the fat cells to bring their glucose swallowing receptors above the surface of their membranes (GLUT4 Receptors). Once those receptors are above the surface and in touch with the blood, they can effectively "swallow" and absorb any sugar molecule that pass by via the blood stream, thus reducing the level of blood sugar.

Insulin is highly associated with Fat Gain for a good reason. By bringing about the receptors out of the fat cells into the surface, the fat cells who will get a chance to absorb sugar will effectively increase in size and number and therefore increase the amount of body fat. The other important thing is that while the level of Insulin in the blood is high, the level of both Adrenaline and Human Growth Hormone drops, preventing the body from breaking fat and from utilizing it as energy.

We can therefore regard Insulin as a  Fat Storage Hormone!

Not only Insulin drives out fat cells to grow, it also provokes hunger - it is indeed a viscous cycle.

When we talk about type 2 Diabetes (a.k.a. Insulin Resistance) we mean that the cells have become so adapted to the presence of Insulin that they have became somewhat "resistant" to it. The more resistance we have the more insulin we have and the more fat gaining potential our body posses every time we spike blood sugar.

It's of enormous benefit to exercise while your Insulin level is low, by training on a "Fasted State" therefore insuring in turn the Adrenaline and Human Growth Hormone (Your Fat BURNING hormones) Levels are high. This is an effective way to force the body to use his own body fat, rather than simple sugars, as a source of energy, allowing for greater fat burning over longer period of time.