What prevalence of insulin resistance does the speaker state for Americans?

Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

The Solution for the Insulin Resistance Epidemic: Gut Health

6 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube segment from Aaron Hartman, MD arguing that the insulin-resistance epidemic is widespread (he states "eighty percent" of Americans are insulin resistant) and that gut health—supported by eating "real food"—is central to preventing/reversing related conditions. Hartman cites family anecdotes (improving a child's asthma and eczema with diet), emphasizes nourishing the body to maintain gains, and points viewers to resources on his website, including a "real food diaries" series.

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Eighty percent of Americans are insulin resistant.

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Eighty percent of Americans are insulin resistant. We can't go back to that diet. And the answer is like, well, if you want to maintain your gains, you have to nourish your body. And the key for gut health, the thing we've learned in our family with all of our kids, from just, you know, our simplest child who we fix his asthma and eczema with diet, to a more complicated child with severe handicaps, is real food has been at the center of that, figuring that out. And if you don't know what that is, we have resources on our website. We have a whole series we did on real food diaries. Reach out to us.