#197 Improving metabolic health and insulin resistance
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
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Caffeine and Insulin Resistance
Caffeine is an example of how we become tolerant to the effects of a particular substance. If I'm having lots more caffeine, it's also having impact on my digestive system and adrenals. So there are all these other effects that could get arrayed just because I need an ever increasing dose of the same substances. That crude analogy is kind of like what's happening in insulin with insulin and blood sugar. We're going to talk about the main underlying mechanisms for insulin resistance. The main mechanisms are glute for insulin signaling, fat in the liver and muscle, and inflammation which invariably leads to mitochondrial dysfunction.
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