Insulin is a fat-storage hormone. Its job is to move sugar from your blood into your cells for energy. When insulin works well, your body uses that sugar efficiently. Insulin Resistance happens when your cells stop responding to insulin.So your body compensates by making more and more insulin just to keep blood sugar normal. Why […]
In the United States, much of our excess calorie intake doesn’t come from food, it comes from beverages. Sweetened drinks are heavily marketed, inexpensive, and widely available, which makes drinking calories feel normal. But this shift has dramatically affected health, fueling rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Understanding how we got here, […]