5 ways to control your blood sugar, reverse insulin resistance, and reduce your heart disease risk | Prof Rob Semple
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5 ways to control your blood sugar, reverse insulin resistance, and reduce your heart disease risk | Prof Rob Semple

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 20, 202655 min

1 in 4 people have insulin resistance, which quietly raises your risk of heart disease and cancer, often without any change in your blood sugar. And most of those who have it have no idea. It can remain completely hidden for years, with no obvious symptoms and no warning signs… But it can be reversed. Today, Professor Rob Semple, a world-leading expert on insulin resistance, explains what insulin does in your body, why you need it to live, and what happens when it stops working properly. By the end of this episode, you will understand ho...

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Welcome to Zuri, Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their research can improve your health. The smell of freshly baked bread hits you. You start salivating. You have a slice. Let's be honest, it's delicious and you have two slices. Within minutes your body

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turns the bread into glucose, and your blood sugar starts to spike. Sensing this, your body releases just enough insulin to lower your blood sugar back to normal. Too much blood sugar spells serious trouble, but too little, and your body shuts down.

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Permanently. So what happens if this magic hormone that controls your blood sugar can no longer get your cells to listen? What if this delicate balancing act is upended?

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