Kamilah StevensonCEO, Healthy And Better · Health & Wellness Coach | Degreed Counselor | Published Author | Helping People Achieve Holistic Wellness

The Major Cause of Most Disease

4 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief health talk, the speaker introduces insulin as a hormone released by the pancreas after eating to lower blood sugar by moving glucose into cells for energy. They describe the on/off feedback loop between insulin release and pancreatic beta cells, explaining how insulin signals the pancreas to stop secretion once blood glucose is reduced. The speaker emphasizes that many people, even without diabetes, develop insulin resistance, outlines common signs of this condition, and warns that uncontrolled insulin resistance can pose serious health dangers.

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You know, I'm going to talk about insulin and insulin resistance. And even if you don't have diabetes, a lot of people are insulin resistant. I'll give you some of the signs of it, but a lot of people are insulin resistant. And again, if you don't get this hormone under control, you're going to be in a lot of danger to your body. Now, what is insulin? Insulin is a hormone that the pancreas releases to go into the blood. When you eat something, basically any kind of food you eat is going to turn into sugar. So now you're going to have sugar in your blood. And what insulin does is it has beta cells that release basically the insulin to go and to get the sugar, scoop the sugar out of your blood. And then what it does is it takes that sugar, that glucose, and it feeds the cell for energy. Then when it's done and it's fed the cell, it goes back to the pancreas and says, my job is done. You can shut it off. I got the blood sugar down low. Okay? And then there's this on/off communication that happens back and forth.