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Blood Sugar & Muscle Mass | JJ Virgin #Shorts | Health, Diet & Weight Loss

16 Nov 2022 · 0 min

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A brief YouTube #Shorts by JJ Virgin offering a practical tip for blood sugar management: build more muscle. Virgin explains that increasing muscle mass provides additional storage for carbohydrates (as muscle glycogen rather than body fat) and helps restore insulin sensitivity, thereby improving blood sugar tolerance.

So how do you manage your blood sugar besides just diet? Well, one of the fastest ways you can start getting better blood sugar control is through your muscles. So, number one, you want to build more muscle, because more muscle means more places to store carbohydrates as energy in your muscles rather than as fat on your body. And also, when you build muscle, it's the first place you can really start to restore that insulin sensitivity so you have better blood sugar tolerance.