Why Carbs Are NOT The Cause Of Insulin Resistance, PCOS + Type 2 Diabetes | Calvin Scheller
What's The Juice
Olivia Amitrano
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2024
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
Ep 123. Calvin Scheller is an 18-year-old science extraordinaire who began studying and mastering medical literature in order to better communicate with his physicians after his own experience with autoimmune disease at the young age of 13. His courageous journey of self advocacy during a time when he felt alone and baffled by his symptoms led him to memorize, digest, integrate, and teach others about the complex mechanisms within our bodies (and how to heal through nutrition and lifestyle). He is a superb science communicator and now health coach – taking the difficulty out of reading medical studies, and putting the power of their information in our hands. Today, Calvin gives us a master class on insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, PCOS and why carbohydrates are NOT the cause of these conditions. We discuss the dietary factors that contribute to insulin resistance (and the many misconceptions you’ll find online), as well as the best ways to increase your insulin sensitivity and master your metabolic health well into old age.
HERE’S THE JUICE:
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Why carbohydrates are not the cause of insulin resistance
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How excess dietary fat is more problematic for insulin resistance than excess carbs or sugar
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Why saturated fats can be more inflammatory within the context of insulin resistance than plant fats
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The true mechanism behind insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome: excess fatty acids within our cells
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How we can burn off the fatty acids that cause insulin resistance and why blood sugar spikes aren’t the FULL issue, they’re more of an effect
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Why insulin resistance begins and how it’s actually an adaptation
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How inflammation also drives insulin resistance and other holistic factors you need to take into account like chronic gut infections, to mineral deficiencies like zinc, to stress, processed foods, sleep issues and more
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Why insulin resistance within the ovaries is specifically tied to PCOS and exactly how to target this with diet and lifestyle
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| 0:00.0 | If you're watching this episode on our YouTube channel and you see me right now, no, you |
| 0:07.6 | didn't, because I look crazy. I have been working in the garden all day. Nick and I have been building |
| 0:13.7 | a garden, not like a raised bed garden, like a garden on the floor where we pulled weeds and it's like |
| 0:20.3 | 33 feet long. And it is the most manual |
| 0:24.3 | labor I've ever done in my life and it has just made me feel so grateful for all of the people |
| 0:29.8 | who like work on our roads and build our cities and work with their bodies all day because |
| 0:34.6 | it is crazy but it's also so rewarding and feels so good to be in my body. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm just very, very tired and covered in poison ivy and sleep deprived. |
| 0:43.3 | So if that is why it looks like I can't keep my eyes open, you, you get it. |
| 0:48.3 | You get me. |
| 0:49.3 | But today, I have an amazing episode for you guys on one of my very favorite topics, which is insulin resistance because you know my journey with insulin resistance. I was able to reverse it |
| 0:58.8 | through doing a full body composition change, losing body fat, building muscle, completely changing |
| 1:05.1 | my diet and the way that I thought about food and my relationship with binge eating. And I just |
| 1:09.5 | really changed my life and |
| 1:10.8 | reversed this condition that could have been extremely dangerous if I were to have let it go on. |
| 1:16.1 | Because insulin resistance is essentially the beginnings of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, |
| 1:21.6 | metabolic syndrome. And it's coming for us all as we age if we don't really take care of our |
| 1:26.2 | metabolic health. So this is an extremely |
| 1:28.5 | relevant episode with some of the best information on this topic that I've ever come across. |
| 1:34.0 | So today I'm interviewing the youngest podcast guest to date, Calvin Scheller. He's an 18-year-old |
| 1:41.1 | science communicator extraordinaire. He's like a computer in his brain, and he's |
| 1:46.3 | able to break down the exact mechanisms happening within our body better than almost anyone I've |
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