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Why We Get Fat
In the last 10 years, science has discovered a new hormone that plays a big role in weight regulation –
Leptin. Leptin exists in fat cells. Its job is to tell your brain that you’re full. For so many of us, the signal
isn’t working. We have become leptin resistant. Only recently have we discovered why this happens. In
a word: Insulin. We’ll come back to leptin in a minute. First, let’s talk about Insulin.
Insulin is a master hormone. Its levels are a signal to many other hormones and functions. Insulin’s job is
to convert blood sugar to body fat. Let’s say a diabetic has high blood sugar. 100 is normal. Let’s say it’s
300. You give them a shot of insulin, and their blood sugar goes down to 100. Where did those 200
mg/Dl (milligrams per deciliter) of sugar go? Insulin stored the energy in fat cells, where it is safe. Body
fat is a safe place to store extra Calories. On the other hand, high blood sugar is dangerous. It’s
corrosive. It leads to Type 2 Diabetes, loss of limbs, blindness, kidney failure, fatty liver, and even cancer.
Let’s say you are a thin healthy happy person. You eat 2000 Calories a day and you burn 2000 Calories a
day. You feel great. Burning Calories and feeling good are the same thing. We feel good when we burn
Calories. So, as an experiment, let’s say I walk around with you all day, and every time you eat I’ll give
you a shot of insulin, just like they do with diabetics.
Just like the IRS taking 25% off the top, that insulin shunts 500 of your 2000 Calories away to body fat
before it can be “spent.” You’ve now stored 500 Calories as body fat, and you only get 1500 Calories to
burn. You feel tired, lazy, and hungry. You are effectively starving. So, you eat another 500 Calories and I
give you another insulin shot. 100 of those 500 get stored as fat (600 total) and you only get to burn
400. You’re still not operating at 100%. Can you see how this is a vicious cycle? High insulin means
Calories that you SHOULD be able to burn instead get stored as fat.
So why isn’t the leptin in your stored fat cells telling your brain that you’re full? This is where the recent
science comes in. Turns out that insulin blocks leptin receptors. Have you ever had the sensation of
having a full belly and still being hungry? That’s why.
You may also think: that’s fine, but nobody is walking around shooting me up with insulin all day! The
fact is, eating a diet high in carbohydrate raises blood sugar which causes the pancreas to secrete more
insulin. Worse, over the years, your insulin becomes less effective. It brings fat to the cells but the cells
don’t want it. So it takes more and more insulin to do the job. This is called insulin resistance, and is
essentially type 2 Diabetes.
The obvious solution is to reduce the amount of Insulin secreted by your pancreas. You can do that a
couple ways. The hard way is to exercise your brains out. You’ve probably tried that. Did it work?
Doctors tell you to eat less and exercise more. Did that work? Clearly, it doesn’t work. The easiest and
safest way to reduce the amount of insulin in your body is to reduce your carbohydrate intake.
After only a few days on a well formulated ketogenic diet (low carb, high fat, moderate protein), you will
lose cravings for sugar and starches. You will feel better. You will eat less because leptin is able to do its
job. Your blood sugar and insulin will drop to safe levels. This IS the way to lose weight, feel good, and
stop the progressive train that leads to type 2 diabetes, loss of limbs, blindness, kidney failure, fatty
liver, and even cancer.
The best part? Bacon!!
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