13 Things That Spike Insulin – Causes of Insulin Resistance – Dr. Berg

Hi , guys .

I'm back .

In this video we're gonna talk about the 13 insulin triggers .

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Now as you may or may not know , insulin is behind so many health problems .

And if you could just understand all the triggers and avoid these things , you can be very , very healthy .

So what I did is I , out of this book , I summarized all of the triggers to increasing insulin .

And just realized that we need normal insulin , but we don't need excessive amounts of insulin .

So when you have high levels of insulin it causes the receptor that it's supposed to be received in to downgrade , and become resistive and blocked .

So that's called insulin resistance , and then it sends a signal back to the pancreas increasing your insulin .

So you have a situation where you have too much insulin , yet it's ineffective .

It's not working .

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So let's start with number 1 , sugar , and I'm talking about all the sugars .

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Like dextrose , high fructose corn syrup , table sugar , brown sugar , raw sugar , honey , all the sugars .

Number 2 , refined grains in the form of breads , pasta , cereal , crackers , biscuits , things like that .

Number 3 , frequency of eating .

Every time you eat , you trigger insulin .

So the more times you eat , the worse it is .

That's why we do intermittent fasting .

Number 4 .

There's an insulin scale that , measures all the non carbohydrate things that can trigger insulin , and lean proteins will trigger insulin more than fattier proteins .

So you don't want to focus on lean low fat protein .

You want to get the whole fat in there as nature has provided .

Number 5 , excessive protein .

Too much protein can trigger insulin , so the optimum amount is between 3 and 6 ounces .

If you're a real big guy or you're doing intermittent fasting , you're having less frequent meals , then consume a little bit more , but try not to go too much .

Number 6 , soy oil , which most definitely is genetically modified , and even corn soil and other oils as well , but it's sprayed with glyphosate .

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This is an herbicide Roundup Ready , part of the GMO thing .

So we want to avoid soy oil because that can trigger insulin resistance and then spike insulin .

Trans fats , that's all the hydrogenated oils .

You wanna avoid all that .

That can actually cause insulin resistance and increase insulin .

Cortisol , that's the adrenal stress hormone , and that includes all the medication that has cortisol , in a synthetic version , like prednisone shots , cortisol creams , things like that , steroids .

Number 9 , diuretics .

So many people are on high blood pressure medication , and this is they use a diuretic which gets rid of fluid , but one of the side effects it causes insulin resistance , which then increases your insulin causing more blood pressure .

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Number 10 , statins .

It's a cholesterol medication , Causes insulin resistance , increasing insulin , thereby increasing cholesterol .

It's crazy .

Number 11 , MSG , monosodium glutamate .

Another name for that would be modified food starch .

It's in so many foods .

It's in fast food restaurants .

It's in a lot of other restaurants .

So if the food tastes a bit too good , suspect MSG and avoid it because it can increase insulin .

This is probably why you go to a Chinese restaurant and you eat , and an hour later , you're starving .

Why ?

Because the blood sugar go down , and now you're hungry again .

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You're not satisfied .

Number 12 and 13 are mineral deficiencies and vitamin deficiencies can set you up for insulin resistance and thereby increase insulin .

So low potassium , potassium deficiencies , magnesium deficiencies , low sodium or low salt diets can increase the risk of getting insulin resistance .

So this is one of the things that , doctors recommend , go on a low salt diet , thereby creating higher insulin , which then causes the retention of sodium .

It's crazy .

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Zinc deficiency .

You need zinc to make insulin .

Zinc is necessary to support the cells that make insulin , the beta cells .

In fact , the number one cell in the body that absorbs the most zinc is the cells that make insulin , the beta cells .

So if you're low on zinc , it can set you up for diabetes .

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Low chromium can do it .

High levels of calcium can cause insulin resistance .

Low b one , thiamine .

Low vitamin d , and low vitamin a .

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So here you have it .

These are the things that can set you up for insulin resistance and increase insulin .

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