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542: The Real Cause of Insulin Resistance & How to Fix It! | Dr. Robert Lustig

The Ultimate Health Podcast

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The Problem With Insulin Resistance

Insulin does everything it can to increase your fat. Insulin makes fat. Period. More insulin, more fat. If you might have a country or dysfunctional, then that's not working very well. And so the levels of insulin have to go up in order to make the rest of the cells, especially the liver, do its job. That's insulin resistance. The primary driver of insulin resistance is liver fat, fat, and the liver. 45% of the US population has fatty liver disease. This leaves COVID in the friggin dust in terms of incidence and prevalence.

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