#162 Low Insulin the Key to Everything | Conversation with Influential Health Leader & Metabolic Researcher Dr. Benjamin Bikman
The Gabby Reece Show
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Diabetes and Insulin Resistance
I was interested in looking at how exercise altered inflammation So that sort of got me into this realm of inflammation and then I find one paper That talks about how when fat cells start to grow they become very pro inflammatory. Then these cytokines start flowing through the bloodstream causing insulin resistance which would lead to type two diabetes. The idea that inflammation was a primary connection between these two and it was because the fat cell was starting it Was just mind-blowing. It immediately shifted my interests away from exercise and the muscle To more understanding insulin resistance What are the origins? Why is it coming up and how does it start to settle in in the body? And then what are the consequences?"
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