Narration - Science language
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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You've also probably heard a lot about insulin, insulin resistance and insulin sensitivity. All could be negatively impacted when relying on glucose for fuel. Insulin is the hormone that balances blood sugar. It triggers the absorption of glucose by the liver, fat and muscle cells and thereby lowers the level of glucose in the bloodstream or blood sugar. Insulin also pauses any fat burning that's going on so that we can burn or store the glucose that's coming in. Once glucose is handled, insulin levels drop and we go back to burning fat. Insulin also alerts the brain if we're in need of fuel, which triggers hunger signals when we have good insulin sensitivity. All of these processes work perfectly, maintaining healthful blood sugar stability. But problems arise when glucose levels in the blood are constantly high. The correspondingly high levels of insulin caused the insulin receptors on cells to become deaf to insulin.