Youtube Account: Dr Ben Bikman

161: Why Your Body Chooses Sugar Over Fat

Question? 📢 Ask Dr. Bikman’s Digital Mind (multilingual): https://benbikman.com/ben-bikmans-digital-ai-mind 📢 Dr. Bikman’s Community & Coaching Site: https://insuliniq.com Topic: Insulin is one of the body’s most important signals for determining whether you burn glucose or fat: when insulin rises, fat release and fat burning fall, while lower insulin allows stored fat to become available for fuel. This helps explain why reducing carbohydrates can dramatically increase fat oxidation even without changing the body’s basic ability to burn fat. Summary: In this mini-lecture Ben explains what determines whether the body burns glucose or fat for energy. He begins with the Randle cycle, also called the glucose-fatty acid cycle, which describes how these two fuels compete with one another. B…