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11 nondietary actions that enhance insulin sensitivity.

Insulin does a lot of important things for us.

It pulls glucose from the blood and fritters it away into our cells to be burned for

energy or stored as glycogen.

It prevents hyperglycemic toxicity to neurons, pancreatic cells, the arterial walls, and the generation of excessive levels

of reactive oxygen species. It even promotes muscle protein synthesis and helps augment

muscular hypertrophy, especially following resistance training.

Clearly, we need insulin. Without it, we would die, as type 1 diabetics readily do without an exogenous source.

But this process goes off the rails when our cells become resistant to the effect of insulin

over time?

We secrete too much.

Our levels remain elevated.

It becomes harder to burn body fat.

In fact, we end up in even more efficient fat storage mode.

I've shared about nutritional means to enhance insulin sensitivity.

What about other non-dietary strategies?

Number one, lose weight.

Since insulin resistance is often the body's response to energy excess, too much energy in,

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