👿Carbs are getting a bad rap…
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😱So many women I work with are simply afraid of them…
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Truth 💣…
✨carbs are not ‘bad’ – they provide much needed energy…
✨carbs will not make you fat when eaten in the right combination with protein & fat…
✨carbs illicit an insulin response…
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😳If anything, an OVER abundance of insulin is the issue…
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➡️Insulin resistance is the problem…
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🤦♀️When we develop insulin intolerance, insulin is no longer able to efficiently remove blood sugar from the blood stream…
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👉🏻The result is…
❌reduced fat burning ability…
❌increased fat storage…
❌can lead to type 2 diabetes & other health issues (Alzheimers, other cognitive disorders, premature aging, heart disease, stroke, joint pain etc)…
- Brain fog
- High blood sugar
- Intestinal bloating
- Sleepiness
- Weight gain
- Difficulty losing weight
- Visceral fat storage
- Increased blood triglycerides
- Increased blood pressure
- Depression
- Increased hunger
🌸Ideally when you consume carbs, here’s what you want to happen:
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💥Minimum insulin release. This occurs when your body is highly sensitive to insulin. When it is, only a small amount of insulin is necessary to effectively & efficiently clear glucose from your blood to its storage sites. This is great news because your body has an incredibly difficult time burning fat in the presence of insulin…
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🌟The less insulin you have floating around, the better!…
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💥Quick and efficient blood sugar clearance. Again, this will occur when your body is highly sensitive to insulin…
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💥Maximum glycogen uptake. Glycogen is the term used for stored carbohydrate in muscle tissue & the liver. When these tissues are highly sensitive to insulin, the vast majority of blood glucose will be stored within them as an energy reserve, instead of being converted to fat…
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💥Minimum fat storage. When you increase insulin sensitivity, your body will choose to store your carb intake as energy, again in lean muscle tissue & the liver, instead of body fat…
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💫Simply put, your body’s ability to process the carbs you eat all comes down to your insulin sensitivity & your body’s ability to quickly & efficiently clear sugar from your blood…
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⭐️The most important issue then is how to increase insulin sensitivity so that you can process carbs more effectively⭐️…
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✅This can be done by improving the quality & timing of your nutrition…
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🙋♀️If you need some help with this, I gotchu…
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