Josh Bezoni talks about the direct relationship between carbs and insulin sensitivity.

1. How Carbs Affect Insulin Sensitivity

2. Our bodies and diet play an absolutely enormous
role when it comes to achieving our physical
transformation goals.
Over the years, our society has increased our
carbohydrate intake tremendously because it’s cheap and
easy to mass produce, but our bodies don’t necessarily
benefit from this.

3. In fact, because of how
many carbs we
consume, we have
started building a
tolerance to a
tremendously significant
hormone that can make
all the difference when
making the lifestyle
changes we desire. It’s
insulin, and it can either
be an asset or a
massive hindrance
depending on how we
use it.

4. Insulin is supposed to regulate your blood sugar by
clearing it quickly from you blood stream after a carb-
filled meal. It shuttles your blood sugar to muscle
tissue instead of letting it remain stagnant and get
absorbed into fat cells (which skyrockets weight gain).
But, many times, this is not the case. In reality, when we eat
loads and loads of processed carbs, we build a carbohydrate
tolerance which then resists much-needed insulin. This insulin
resistance then results in dramatically reduced fat burning,
increased blood sugar levels, and increased fat storage.

5. What’s more, insulin
resistance often precedes
and causes type II diabetes
in addition to any number
of health problems
including but not limited
to Alzheimer’s, premature
aging, heart disease, and
even strokes.
It pays off to be careful
with carbs, but so many of
us don’t even know what’s
supposed to happen when
we eat them.

6. Minimum
Insulin
Release
When your body is very sensitive to
insulin, only a very small amount is
required to properly transport glucose
from your bloodstream to the
appropriate storage sites. If this is the
case with you, then you’re in great shape
because the body has an intensely
difficult time burning off fat with insulin
in your bloodstream. As a rule of thumb,
the less insulin you have, the better.

7. Glycogen Uptake
Glycogen, for our intents and
purposes, is the stored
carbohydrate in muscle tissue
and the liver. Should these
tissues be highly sensitive to
insulin, then the lion’s share of
glucose will be stored within
them as an energy source. The
point? If it’s stored as an
energy reserve in your muscle
tissue, then it’s not converted
to fat—and that’s a good thing.

8. Minimum Fat
Storage
By choosing to increase insulin sensitivity, your body will preserve carbs as energy in
lean muscle and the liver, as opposed to unsightly body fat.

9. Basically, your body’s
ability to break down
carbs comes down to
insulin sensitivity. So
before you bite into that
juicy burger, think about
how it will likely affect
your insulin levels. It’s an
uphill battle to remain in
control of our diet
considering the prevalence
of media and
advertisement, but it’s a
necessary battle to
remain in control of our
bodies.