Vitality Eleven #1: Insulin Resistance

If The Vitality Eleven had a boss level, this is it.

Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia are the foundation of virtually every chronic disease plaguing the modern world. Alzheimer's, cardiovascular disease, several cancers, type 2 diabetes. All of them share this same root.

Here's how it works. Every time you eat foods that spike your blood sugar, your pancreas releases insulin to bring it back down. Do this occasionally and your body handles it fine. Do it constantly, for years, and your cells start ignoring the signal. Like a fire alarm that goes off so often everyone stops paying attention.

Your body responds by producing even more insulin. That's hyperinsulinaemia. And it can be silently running in the background for up to 24 years before your blood tests look abnormal.

Dr Cooper's research showed that when healthy women in ketosis (the result of a low carb diet) were taken off ketosis for just 21 days, their insulin nearly doubled and their HOMA-IR (a measure of insulin resistance) more than doubled. In three weeks. In lean, healthy women.

The fix isn't complicated. Reduce the foods that demand excessive insulin. Eat real food. Give your body periods of rest from eating. That's what Clubwell is built around.

Insulin resistance multiplies your risk of Alzheimer's by five times, cancer by up to twelve times, and cardiovascular death by almost six times. But the encouraging bit? It's reversible. Often within weeks.

Your action today: If you get 5 minutes, read “The Tree of Affliction” article.