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And as that happens repeatedly over and over again, and as your liver insulin resistance develops because you're eating so much fructose, these things are working together to basically make you less sensitive to insulin, to to create insulin resistance, which is the body's protective way of saying, whoa, too much insulin, too much glucose coming around. We can't get this all into the cell.

And as that happens repeatedly over and over again, and as your liver insulin resistance develops because you're eating so much fructose, these things are working together to basically make you less sensitive to insulin, to to create insulin resistance, which is the body's protective way of saying, whoa, too much insulin, too much glucose coming around. We can't get this all into the cell.

We can't process it fast enough block, but the body is smart and adaptive. And the pancreas says, well, we got to get that blood sugar out of the bloodstream. So I'm just going to produce more insulin to keep driving that glucose into the cells. So you're having this rising insulin and

We can't process it fast enough block, but the body is smart and adaptive. And the pancreas says, well, we got to get that blood sugar out of the bloodstream. So I'm just going to produce more insulin to keep driving that glucose into the cells. So you're having this rising insulin and

We can't process it fast enough block, but the body is smart and adaptive. And the pancreas says, well, we got to get that blood sugar out of the bloodstream. So I'm just going to produce more insulin to keep driving that glucose into the cells. So you're having this rising insulin and

keeping that fasting glucose at a seemingly normal level while you march down this trajectory of worsening insulin resistance. Of course, we do not check fasting insulin in conventional medical practice. The ADA guidelines do not recommend checking it in virtually any patients, even if you have diabetes. And so we miss this window where the body's working so hard to overcompensate

keeping that fasting glucose at a seemingly normal level while you march down this trajectory of worsening insulin resistance. Of course, we do not check fasting insulin in conventional medical practice. The ADA guidelines do not recommend checking it in virtually any patients, even if you have diabetes. And so we miss this window where the body's working so hard to overcompensate

keeping that fasting glucose at a seemingly normal level while you march down this trajectory of worsening insulin resistance. Of course, we do not check fasting insulin in conventional medical practice. The ADA guidelines do not recommend checking it in virtually any patients, even if you have diabetes. And so we miss this window where the body's working so hard to overcompensate

while our fasting glucose remains low. But one of the, um, and only when that process really starts breaking down, do we start to see that fasting glucose creeping up where those compensatory mechanisms have essentially kind of gone off course. Um, so, so we really want to keep our fasting glucose in that lower normal range, more from 70 to 85, um, And there's large studies.

while our fasting glucose remains low. But one of the, um, and only when that process really starts breaking down, do we start to see that fasting glucose creeping up where those compensatory mechanisms have essentially kind of gone off course. Um, so, so we really want to keep our fasting glucose in that lower normal range, more from 70 to 85, um, And there's large studies.

while our fasting glucose remains low. But one of the, um, and only when that process really starts breaking down, do we start to see that fasting glucose creeping up where those compensatory mechanisms have essentially kind of gone off course. Um, so, so we really want to keep our fasting glucose in that lower normal range, more from 70 to 85, um, And there's large studies.

New England Journal of Medicine has shown that people in the lowest quartile or quintile, I forgot the exact data, but in the lowest range of normal blood sugar, so more in that 70s, have a much lower risk of future diabetes development than someone who's in the high normal range. And yet, for many of these people, their doctor is telling all of those people in that category that they're normal.

New England Journal of Medicine has shown that people in the lowest quartile or quintile, I forgot the exact data, but in the lowest range of normal blood sugar, so more in that 70s, have a much lower risk of future diabetes development than someone who's in the high normal range. And yet, for many of these people, their doctor is telling all of those people in that category that they're normal.

New England Journal of Medicine has shown that people in the lowest quartile or quintile, I forgot the exact data, but in the lowest range of normal blood sugar, so more in that 70s, have a much lower risk of future diabetes development than someone who's in the high normal range. And yet, for many of these people, their doctor is telling all of those people in that category that they're normal.

So the cool thing about continuous glucose monitoring is that as you become more insulin resistant, you tend to have a more unstable post-meal level of glucose, like you spike higher to the same food. And so seeing sort of where you are in terms of your responses to foods can be a little bit of an early indicator of whether you're moving down the spectrum of insulin resistance.

So the cool thing about continuous glucose monitoring is that as you become more insulin resistant, you tend to have a more unstable post-meal level of glucose, like you spike higher to the same food. And so seeing sort of where you are in terms of your responses to foods can be a little bit of an early indicator of whether you're moving down the spectrum of insulin resistance.

So the cool thing about continuous glucose monitoring is that as you become more insulin resistant, you tend to have a more unstable post-meal level of glucose, like you spike higher to the same food. And so seeing sort of where you are in terms of your responses to foods can be a little bit of an early indicator of whether you're moving down the spectrum of insulin resistance.

And Michael Schneider at Stanford has done amazing work showing that basically that we get more 24-hour continuous glucose variability as we march down that spectrum of insulin resistance, even in the face of a normal fasting glucose. The second thing, of course, and I'm just obviously preaching to the choir here, is ask your doctor to order a fasting insulin test.

And Michael Schneider at Stanford has done amazing work showing that basically that we get more 24-hour continuous glucose variability as we march down that spectrum of insulin resistance, even in the face of a normal fasting glucose. The second thing, of course, and I'm just obviously preaching to the choir here, is ask your doctor to order a fasting insulin test.

And Michael Schneider at Stanford has done amazing work showing that basically that we get more 24-hour continuous glucose variability as we march down that spectrum of insulin resistance, even in the face of a normal fasting glucose. The second thing, of course, and I'm just obviously preaching to the choir here, is ask your doctor to order a fasting insulin test.