Insulin Sensitivity Explained | 8 Foods & Supplements That May Improve Insulin Sensitivity

[00:00:00]Hi everyone, welcome to Research MD.

[00:00:01]This is Dr. Pramila. I work as a chief medical officer in the United States. So today we going to talk about eight products that can improve insulin sensitivity. Okay, before we go into eight products, let's talk about what is insulin sensitivity, right? We got you know, when you eat something, most of them carbohydrate like rice, bread, and that is broken down to glucose. Okay?

[00:00:27]And the glucose that stays in your blood, but it need to go to the cell for the energy purposes and all of that.

[00:00:35]Okay. Now, where does this insulin come from? Insulin come from this pancreatic cells. Okay? So it travels through the bloodstream and then it reaches the cell.

[00:00:48]This is the I mean, this is the part the insulin come in, help the glucose to enter into the cell. And how does insulin does that? The thing insulin does is it binds to the insulin on the cell surface, there's this insulin receptors. So it's going to bind it on the cell surface. And when it bind, there's a lot of reaction take place.

[00:01:11]Okay? You have it it's going to activate some proteins called GLUT4 transporters.

[00:01:17]Which moves to the cell membrane and then that's the one allowing the glucose from bloodstream enter into the cell.

[00:01:26]Okay? This is the most important process in the metabolism. And every second there's millions and millions of cells kind of do that. Just, you know, do just to summarize, you got this insulin produced in the better cell. They go through the bloodstream. Okay? And then what does this go to the cell membrane and then attach to the cell membrane and activate a protein called a GLUT4 transporter, which will help the uh, glucose from the bloodstream enter into the cell, so your blood glucose goes down. A lot of times what happens is insulin, we call this insulin resistant, okay? This is the body is not going to respond to insulin very well. The door stays partly closed and then what happened, the glucose remains in the blood. And the pancreas keep on producing more insulin thinking the body needs more insulin to drain to bring your blood sugar down, but that's not the case. The main thing is insulin is not working.

[00:02:30]So, this goes on for days, months, years, and what does it lead to?

[00:02:35]Obesity, pre-diabetes, fatty liver, heart disease, you name it, anything.

[00:02:41]That's why the diabetes such a big problem in the United States, okay?

[00:02:46]We're going to talk about eight products can increase or improve your insulin sensitivity, okay? Number one is apple cider vinegar. So, when you take the apple cider before the meal, it reduce the post-meal blood sugar. But, how does it do? It helps in the stomach emptying and improve the insulin response. So, recommended use is you take 1 Tbsp diluted in water before meals. Again, apple cider vinegar is going to improve insulin sensitivity. Number two, cinnamon, okay? It's a natural compound with that uh, improve the insulin signaling. And the benefits are blood glucose uptake, lower fasting blood sugar, increase insulin sensitivity, okay? Number three, berberine, it's a natural compound extracted from several plants. And the research, what does it show? It improve insulin sensitivity, decrease liver glucose production, activate AMPK, that's called body's metabolic master switch.

[00:03:52]Okay?

[00:03:53]Now, number four, omega-3 fish oil. It also improve insulin sensitivity and it got a lot of other benefits also. Okay?

[00:04:02]Number five product is magnesium.

[00:04:05]Um the magnesium also helps in insulin sensitivity by sending signals inside the cells. And uh magnesium can come from spinach, almonds, pumpkin seeds, and beans. So, number six, you got psyllium husk, which is a soluble fiber.

[00:04:25]It can also increase your insulin sensitivity. Okay? Number seven product is green tea extract, which is uh rich in antioxidants that called the catechins and lot of studies have shown it is a increase your improve or improve your insulin sensitivity and give you a lot of benefits. Number eight products is probiotics.

[00:04:48]You know, your gut contains around 30 trillion microorganism.

[00:04:53]So, you got this beneficial bacteria in the probiotics you take, it will increase your or improve your insulin sensitivity. Okay? So, remember, healthy insulin sensitivity means lot of sugar is going to be blood is going to go get pushed into the cell with the help of insulin. So, glucose will enter efficiently into the cell and that's going to stabilize your blood sugar and you feel good, you going to have better energy.

[00:05:22]Thank you so much for watching. God bless.