Dr. Morgan Nolte

I think I want to approach this interview as if somebody has never really heard about insulin or insulin resistance, and I want to build a really strong foundation for them to understand it. And then we can kind of go deeper throughout the interview. So insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas, and it is absolutely vital for our survival.

I think I want to approach this interview as if somebody has never really heard about insulin or insulin resistance, and I want to build a really strong foundation for them to understand it. And then we can kind of go deeper throughout the interview. So insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas, and it is absolutely vital for our survival.

I think I want to approach this interview as if somebody has never really heard about insulin or insulin resistance, and I want to build a really strong foundation for them to understand it. And then we can kind of go deeper throughout the interview. So insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas, and it is absolutely vital for our survival.

It has a lot of different functions in our body, but the primary one that I focus on is blood sugar regulation. And as you know, continuous glucose monitoring is a hot topic right now. And the glucose that we're monitoring is actually a downstream effect of how well your insulin is working, how sensitive you are to insulin. So when you eat like a high carbohydrate meal, for example,

It has a lot of different functions in our body, but the primary one that I focus on is blood sugar regulation. And as you know, continuous glucose monitoring is a hot topic right now. And the glucose that we're monitoring is actually a downstream effect of how well your insulin is working, how sensitive you are to insulin. So when you eat like a high carbohydrate meal, for example,

It has a lot of different functions in our body, but the primary one that I focus on is blood sugar regulation. And as you know, continuous glucose monitoring is a hot topic right now. And the glucose that we're monitoring is actually a downstream effect of how well your insulin is working, how sensitive you are to insulin. So when you eat like a high carbohydrate meal, for example,

Your, the carbohydrates are broken down into glucose in your blood, right? But your body doesn't like high blood sugar. So it has to release insulin to move the blood, the sugar from the blood into the cells to be stored. So insulin's role is to move blood sugar from the bloodstream into the cells for storage. And that's why I call it the fat creation and storage hormone.

Your, the carbohydrates are broken down into glucose in your blood, right? But your body doesn't like high blood sugar. So it has to release insulin to move the blood, the sugar from the blood into the cells to be stored. So insulin's role is to move blood sugar from the bloodstream into the cells for storage. And that's why I call it the fat creation and storage hormone.

Your, the carbohydrates are broken down into glucose in your blood, right? But your body doesn't like high blood sugar. So it has to release insulin to move the blood, the sugar from the blood into the cells to be stored. So insulin's role is to move blood sugar from the bloodstream into the cells for storage. And that's why I call it the fat creation and storage hormone.

So insulin has two primary roles, regulation of blood sugar, fat creation, and storage. It also has other roles, but those are the two primary ones relevant for this conversation. And a beautiful example of that is a type 1 diabetic. So people with type one diabetes, they don't make their own insulin anymore. So their pancreas isn't making insulin.

So insulin has two primary roles, regulation of blood sugar, fat creation, and storage. It also has other roles, but those are the two primary ones relevant for this conversation. And a beautiful example of that is a type 1 diabetic. So people with type one diabetes, they don't make their own insulin anymore. So their pancreas isn't making insulin.

So insulin has two primary roles, regulation of blood sugar, fat creation, and storage. It also has other roles, but those are the two primary ones relevant for this conversation. And a beautiful example of that is a type 1 diabetic. So people with type one diabetes, they don't make their own insulin anymore. So their pancreas isn't making insulin.

So if they eat a high carbohydrate meal, their blood sugar is going to spike and it's going to stay elevated. It can't get into the cells to be used for energy or to be stored to be used later for energy. And so type 1 diabetes used to be called the wasting disease because people would literally waste away. They would eat, eat, eat, eat. They'd be thirsty.

So if they eat a high carbohydrate meal, their blood sugar is going to spike and it's going to stay elevated. It can't get into the cells to be used for energy or to be stored to be used later for energy. And so type 1 diabetes used to be called the wasting disease because people would literally waste away. They would eat, eat, eat, eat. They'd be thirsty.

So if they eat a high carbohydrate meal, their blood sugar is going to spike and it's going to stay elevated. It can't get into the cells to be used for energy or to be stored to be used later for energy. And so type 1 diabetes used to be called the wasting disease because people would literally waste away. They would eat, eat, eat, eat. They'd be thirsty.

They had plenty of available energy in their cells, but they couldn't in their body, but they couldn't get into their cells because insulin wasn't there. to unlock the cell for the energy to get in. And so once insulin was created and a type one diabetic could then inject themselves with a proper amount of insulin, then it was now a survivable condition.

They had plenty of available energy in their cells, but they couldn't in their body, but they couldn't get into their cells because insulin wasn't there. to unlock the cell for the energy to get in. And so once insulin was created and a type one diabetic could then inject themselves with a proper amount of insulin, then it was now a survivable condition.

They had plenty of available energy in their cells, but they couldn't in their body, but they couldn't get into their cells because insulin wasn't there. to unlock the cell for the energy to get in. And so once insulin was created and a type one diabetic could then inject themselves with a proper amount of insulin, then it was now a survivable condition.

So that's a really beautiful example of why insulin is crucial for our livelihood. We can't survive without it. But the problem comes when our levels of insulin are elevated too high for too long because insulin is an inflammatory hormone in excess and inflammation is kind of like the root of all chronic disease. And so when your insulin levels are high,

So that's a really beautiful example of why insulin is crucial for our livelihood. We can't survive without it. But the problem comes when our levels of insulin are elevated too high for too long because insulin is an inflammatory hormone in excess and inflammation is kind of like the root of all chronic disease. And so when your insulin levels are high,