Ep. 113: Carbohydrates Don’t Cause Insulin Resistance or Diabetes; Evidence For The Bioenergetic View

In this episode we discuss: Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are diseases of excess fat burning and impaired glucose metabolism How increasing carbohydrate intake improves insulin sensitivity, even in people with type 2 diabetes Evidence supporting the bioenergetic view of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes Why carbs are not actually the cause of insulin resistance and diabetes   Free Energy Balance Food Guide: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/guide   Free Energy Balance Mini-Course: https://www.jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy/   Check out the Energy Balance Solution program here: https://www.jayfeldmanwellness.com/solution/   The Nutrition Blueprint: https://mikefave.com/the-nutrition-blueprint/   Click here to check out the show notes: https://www.jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-113-carbohydrates-dont-cause-insulin-resistance-or-diabetes-evidence-for-the-bioenergetic-view   Timestamps: 0:00 – intro 1:28 – what the mainstream view of insulin resistance gets wrong when it comes to what causes insulin resistance and diabetes 3:24 – glycolysis and fat oxidation are favored, and glucose oxidation is inhibited in insulin resistance and diabetes 8:39 – what happens to glucose in diabetic cells 10:32 – why insulin resistance is a symptom rather than the driver of diabetes 12:55 – research showing that insulin resistance is driven by poor glucose metabolism 20:50 – impaired glucose uptake is not caused by excess insulin; fat-burning and impaired glucose metabolism are the culprits  27:10 – the problems with relying on fat oxidation over carbohydrate oxidation  30:43 – how increasing blood glucose levels or increasing insulin can restore normal glucose uptake in diabetes 35:28 – how insulin actually lowers blood sugar and the effects of insulin on cortisol and other stress hormones 37:16 - why fatty acid oxidation is NOT the underlying cause of insulin resistance 40:06 – factors that support or block mitochondrial respiration 41:20 – how excess fatty acid oxidation contributes to the pathology of insulin resistance and can impair glucose metabolism over time 42:49 - how insulin actually lowers blood sugar and the effects of insulin on cortisol and other stress hormones (cont.) 47:08 – why we don’t want to blame insulin for insulin resistance and what really causes high fasting blood glucose 49:22 – how low-carb diets increase stress hormones and decrease insulin sensitivity