Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod cover image

456: The Life-changing Benefits of Fasting with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod

00:00

Is the Food Pyramid Contributing to Obesity?

The more refined carbohydrates you eat, the higher your blood sugar spikes. So it takes longer for your blood sugar to come down and to move you over into this fat burning system. The other problem that we have with a high carbohydrate diet is that your pancreas every time you eat carbs, especially the refined carbohydrates,. Your pancreas is spitting out more insulin and more insulin and MORE insulin. Eventually the cells become deaf to insulin and insulin is the fat storage hormone. And if there is a resistance and insulin can't get glucose to go into the cells, what it'll store that glucose in fat.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app