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5 Understanding the Importance of Insulin（第1页）

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I'mgoingtotalktoyouaboutthehormonewhosenameyou'veheardmanytimes:insulihetofthischapterisfairlyplex，butIthinkyououghttoreaditcarefully。Beanyofyou，theaoyourbattiewiththebulgealohissuesarehere。

Almosteveryohatinsuliopeoplewithakindofdiabetes，tohelptrarlevelswhentheirownsuppliesbeedepletedori。Insulihemostpowerfulaahebodyusestotroltheuse，distributionandstey。Atitsmostbasiisthelucose，abasiofsugar。Solistenup。

Yourbymaeverresting，alwnbolicaHyaditpowersitsoperationsmainlythroughtheuseofglutheblood，whichiswhyglutergeablycalledbloodsugar。Thebodymustmaiainlevelofgluthebloodatalltimes。Sowhenthereisnocabohydratefoodsourakeglucose，theliverwillactuallyvertproteintogluarkably，evened，totalfast，ahealthybodytainitsglucoselevelwithinnrathernarre。Asageneralrule，ofcourse，thebodyobtainsitsprincipalsupplyoffuelfromfood。

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Yousitdowableahree-weendexg，yourbodyabsorbssubstanyourfood，mostlyacrossthesurfaallihecarbohydrateyoueat，yourbodywillabsars，allofwhichare，orquideasilybee，glufat，itabslydfattyadds，andfromprotein，itabsorbsaminoacids，thebuildingblocksofallcells。

Obviously，ifyoueatalotofcarbohydrate，you'llendupwithalotofgluyourblood。Soundsgood，doesn'tit?Allthatenergygthroughyoursystem。Eatsugar，stardfruitsandytogetthoseblood-sugarlevelsupfast，aren'tyou?Ifyoulovedybars，perhapsy，"That'sgreat=-themoreIeat，themyI'llhave:'

Alas，abadmistake。Yousee，thehumanbodyevolvedandprimitivehumaer-gathererswhosubsistedptimadlyonfish，fruit，wholeandseedsandnuts。dybarswerefewahehmnanbodyisusedtodealingwithunrefinedfoodsmtheyoature。tly，yourbody'scapacitytodealwithanexcessofprocessedfoodsisprettypoor，eurywayofeatisusintotrouble。

Ifyoudon'tuhisyet，let'slookatwhatinsulihererollinghormo。

AsYourBloodSugarRises

ingcarbohydratesimpactsyourblood-sugarlevels。Theamountofdthetypo—willdeterminebowyourbloodsugarresponds。Forexample，afoodfullofrefinedsugarandwhiteflour，suchasajellydoughnut，willraisebloodsugarmuatidoesasalad。

&oyourbody，bloodsugarhastobetraoyourcells。Thinkofinsulihatrluyourbloodtoyourceitreachesthecells，threethingstothatglucose:Itbemobilizedforimmediateevertedintoglyforlateruseasasourergy;oritbestoredasfat。Let'sdelveinalittledeeper。InsulinismanufaapartofyourpancreascalledtheIsletsofLangerhans。Asthesugarlevelinyoesup，thepancreasreleasesinsulihesugaroutoftheblood。Itthentransportsthebloodsugartoyourbody'scellsfyaswepreviouslymeheseheliververtsexcessglutogly，whichisstoredintheliverandmuscles，whereitisreadilyavailablefyuse。Oheglysteareasarefilled，thebodyhastodosomethingwithexcessgludhereisthebigrevelation:Theliververtstheremaini，whiesthe&quetanks"offatohighs，buttodelsewhere。That'swhyinsulihefat-produone;'

&ismuchmoreeflieient—-andhasmorecapacityty—glucose，westorealotmorefatinourbodiestha，myfriesiy。Ahemaiituentofallthisfat（thefatythisbooktogetridoOisuiglyceride，theverysametriglyeeridethat，inyourblood，beariskfactorforheartdiseaseandstroke。

Insuliyeffitworker。Ifitwerenot，yourcellsotgetenoughglucose，theirbasidblood-glucoselevelswouldrisewhilethecellssearchedforotherfuels-firstforproteininyourmusdnns，addthenforfatinyourfatstrum。That'swhypeoplewithpoorlytrolled，idiabetesloseweightwhennoinsulihat'sersononalow-caloriedietmayloseleanbodymass。（Thisshouldn'thappenonAtkins，wheresuffitcaloriesandproteinareedtomeetthebody&#yneeds。）

Oherhand，excessivecarbohydrateisinhighamountsofbloodsugarandmay，intureinsulinprodu。Whenthishappens，itcausesadropinblthebodyyforthecells。Theresuitoftheprocessisdestabilizedblood-sugarlevels，quitepossiblygfatigue，brainfog，shakinessandheadaches。

&emptstoadjustbyliberatioryhormones—-suchasadreoraisetheglucoselevel，butaiffdoseofinsuliheeffeounatelyformostofus，thisglugacttakesplaatidourbloodsugarstaysinafairlynarre。

Butforsome，thebodilyinsultofmassiveiodealwithmassivebio