Insulin

Good food supports stable blood sugar and insulin regulation. Fasting dramatically lowers insulin and removes its growth-hormone stimulus on fibroids. Lowering insulin is the single most important intervention for arterial health; without it, other interventions have diminished effect. Keeping insulin normalized is the single most important thing a person can do for their health. Reducing carbohydrate intake lowers insulin and directly removes one of the two dominant blocks on fat-burning hormones. Blood sugar levels near the pre-diabetic range normalized to below 5 within one month of starting keto, leading to discontinuation of all medications. Controlling insulin is the single most important dietary intervention for arterial health, without which other interventions have diminished effect. Insulin functions as an anti-inflammatory hormone in addition to its metabolic role in blood sugar regulation. In the Virta Health study, 94% of insulin-using participants were able to reduce or completely eliminate insulin within one year on the ketogenic diet. Lowering insulin is described as reducing several proposed mechanisms of aging and chronic disease risk. Insulin is anabolic and can…