Short sleep duration could be impacting oxidative stress, increasing reactive oxidative species that we know has an indirect effect on insulin signaling. It can impact your adrenaline, your cortisol levels, and the release of those categories means from neutrinos. All these collection of different pathways that can negatively impact your insulin sensitivity. These can coalesce in issues over time.
In today’s solo episode and I’ll be talking about insulin resistance, how this impacts your risk of disease and why insulin resistance could drive many chronic conditions and why certain lifestyle measures work for improving metabolic health.
By the end of the episode you will understand:
The relationship between IR and disease
The importance of sugar balance in the body
What insulin is and how insulin works
What happens when we become resistant to insulin
What are the causes of IR
What we can do to become more insulin sensitive and ultimately prevent disease
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