This is How Insulin Resistance Starts (and how to stop it early)

Basically, this whole conversation said,"Eat whole foods, whether it's protein or carbs. "

Thank you Thomas for bringing in so many amazing people and giving them a platform to speak!

Thomas, seriously, thank you for all the amazing content you put out. It’s highly appreciated 🙏🏼

I was diagnosed with T2D in March last year. Went on a 1000kcal deficit diet which included eating as much whole foods and intermittent fasting. Dropped 15% body weight within 8 weeks. Hb1ac dropped to 6%. Since then took on resistance training and my hb1ac dropped to 5,5%. Body fat is around 11%. The other key elements is reducing stress and having good sleep to maintain a long term health strategy.

Weird, this doesn’t track with what happened to my husband and I. He was biking 30 km 3-4 x per week summers. He was also pounding gels and was 26 lbs overweight. He had NAFLD. Doc said lose weight. We focused on the grain part of the pyramid, no sugar (baked goods) but ate lots of bread pasta grains, low fat, whole foods, moderate protein, but he still did gels on rides and we did like a chocolate bar or crunchy snack evenings. It was a disaster and made it worse for both of us. Found out about keto and switched gears June 2018. Insulin resistance reversed, weight lost, NAFLD reversed, triglycerides corrected, HDL increased, yes LDL also increased. When we were getting sick, We did not consume much saturated fat or any fat at all, skinless boneless chicken, no butter on veg, no bacon, we ate a lot of grains category. This saturated fat hypothesis does not fit for how we got worse health.

A lot of good, evidence backed advice for both the low and the high carb crowd. Simon knows his subject and his podcast brings on some of the top nutrition researchers in the world. Well worth a listen.

This was a really helpful conversation. I have an elderly family member struggling with diabetes. You provided some great info... Thanks!!!

What is frustrating to me about most of these experts is that they center the problem around the need to loose weight. In my case this does not apply. I eat very low carbs, train 15 hours a week am very lean and still have insulin resistance. I just cant figure this out. The endocrinologist that Ive gone to here in the US have said that there is not much to do because my A1C is Ok. The analogy I give them is that if you have a car tire, and you measure the pressure and it is within range that could mean that the tire is ok, however if I tell you that I inflate the tire 5 times a day, then there is definitely a hole in the tire even though that when measured the pressure was within range. Sorry about the rant, I would love some guidance.

Thomas doesn't care what anyone says , you are always informative and love hearing what you say

thanks for the discussion I appreciate your touching on satiation. I believe there is more of an issue with blood Glucose spikes, in that it lays down/dissolves the glycocalyx which requires time to recover. This allows for more damage from inflammatory products.