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Stop Blaming Carbs. It’s Your Hormones That Are Starving - Pt2
You’re Not Overweight Because of Carbs — You’re Overweight Because of Stress.
A big BUT - where does the stress come from? Maybe not where we commonly think.
High Fat Intake + Low Carb = Temporary Insulin Resistance
This is called physiological insulin resistance or “adaptive glucose sparing.”
When carbs are low and fats are high-
- Muscles switch to burning fat
- They refuse glucose on purpose
- So blood sugar rises when carbs are introduced or measured fasting
This is not diabetes - but it looks like pre-diabetes on lab work.
6. Chronic Low-Carb = Reduced Glycogen Storage
Low carb diets drain glycogen (your body’s stored carbs).
Low glycogen signals the liver to keep pumping out glucose, raising blood sugar.
7. Poor Sleep / High Nighttime Cortisol
Nighttime cortisol spikes (very common over 40) push fasting blood sugar up.
Causes include, but are in no way limited to -
- Stress
- Inflammation
- Hormone shifts
- Eating too little
- Overtraining
- Going to bed hungry
8. Under-Eating Overall
Eating too few calories increases-
- Stress hormones
- Gluconeogenesis in the liver
- Insulin resistance
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Stop Blaming Carbs. It’s Your Hormones That Are Starving - Pt2
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