Insulin Makes You Fat? 🧐

14 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker argues that while eating foods like Rice Krispies causes an insulin spike that temporarily directs the body to store the recently consumed carbs as fat, this does not equate to permanent body‑fat gain. The body simply uses the incoming carbs for energy instead of tapping stored fat, similar to plugging a laptop into power. The key determinant of losing stored body fat is maintaining an overall calorie deficit, regardless of insulin spikes. The speaker dismisses alarmist claims that insulin alone makes you fat, labels those critics dismissively, and encourages viewers to calculate their personal calorie target via a link in the bio.

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When you eat these Rice Krispies, you spike your insulin. When you spike your insulin, your body automatically stores fat. You've probably heard this before, but here's what those people don't tell you. When your body is storing fat, that just means your body isn't burning fat for energy at that moment in time because your body has carbs it just ate. It will burn those for energy instead. It's just like plugging in. Your laptop. You won't use its stored energy anymore because you are giving it energy. But it doesn't matter if you burn carbs, fats, or other sources for energy. There's a difference between burning fat for energy and actually losing stored body fat. As long as you're eating in an overall calorie deficit, your body will lose. It's stored body fat. So don't listen to these butt sniffers trying to scare you about insulin spikes and a fat-storing hormone. Just hit your daily calorie deficit goal and you'll be fine. That didn't spill, thank God. And if you need to know how many calories you should be eating to lose weight, click this link in my bio right here.