You don't have to be diabetic for insulin to take hold of your body. Your pancreas releases insulin in response to blood sugar spikes after you eat. Still, it also aids in storing nutrients and fat in your body.
When insulin acts by storing fat, it makes losing weight nearly impossible, especially with a diet high in processed carbohydrates. However, you don't have to give up on insulin — there are ways to get it and get your weight under control.
At NuvidaRx Weight Loss in Tallahassee, Florida, our team aids our patients in losing weight through various means, including fat-burning shots and appetite suppressants.
Insulin is an essential hormone in your body that your pancreas releases in response to rising blood glucose levels. The primary role of insulin is to direct glucose into your cells, which they utilize for energy.
Islets are cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. They also determine how much insulin you need at any given time based on the amount of glucose in your blood.
Insulin production is essential for survival. Your body requires insulin to balance blood sugar levels and prevent chronic diseases like diabetes.
After you eat a meal, the spike in your blood sugar triggers your pancreas to release insulin in response to that spike. Insulin is like a key that opens up receptors in your cells to accept the glucose to use for energy.
However, your cells can only take in so much glucose at a time. The excess glucose stays in your bloodstream, causing problems, or moves into your liver, fat cells, and muscles.
Insulin turns the excess glucose in the liver, fat cells, and muscles into a product called glycogen, which your body stores for later energy use.
If your body works correctly, insulin is a significant hormone that controls your blood sugar and gives you the energy you need to survive and function.
However, when your diet is high in carbohydrates or simple sugars, it increases your blood glucose levels. Because your cells can only absorb so much glucose, the excess has to go somewhere so your blood sugar returns to normal levels.
When too much glucose is circulating in your blood, insulin pushes the excess into your fat cells, muscles, and liver and stores it as fat. But why fat, you ask?
Your body can store fat for long periods for energy use when you need it. Our bodies are designed to survive even when we may not have food to produce glucose for energy.
With a low food supply, your body would tap into your fat stores for energy. However, because most of us don't have to worry about getting enough food, the fat remains stored and is hard to eliminate.
If you're struggling to lose weight, there's a good chance you have stored fat due to insulin. This type of fat is complicated to get rid of, even with diet and exercise.
At NuvidaRx, our team specializes in weight and fat loss, even the most stubborn types. We evaluate your health to ensure you can undergo medical weight loss treatments.
The best way to control fat storage from insulin is to change your diet and include daily physical activity. Although this won't work for everyone, it's the first step to losing stubborn fat that your body builds up.
To build on diet and exercise, we offer weight loss treatments, including fat-burning shots, appetite suppressants, and vitamin B12 injections to help you reach your goals.
A combination of lifestyle changes and a supervised weight loss plan is often successful in helping you lose weight.
To find out how to lose weight and suppress insulin's hold on fat, don't hesitate to call our office at 682-217-5757 or request an appointment online using our convenient tool.
