REVERSING DIABETES
WORLD SUMMIT 2014
50 AMAZING PRESENTATIONS.
12 LIFE-CHANGING DAYS.
MAY 5 - MAY 16, 2014
Dr. Mowll’s
Clinical Pearls
Tips, Highlights, and Strategies from the
Reversing Diabetes World Summit 2104
“A Primal Approach to Insulin, Blood Sugar and Type 2
Diabetes”
Mark Sisson
A Primal Approach to Insulin, Blood Sugar and Type 2 Diabetes
Mark Sisson
Almost everyone is predisposed to developing Type 2 Diabetes based on our gene@c program-­‐
ming and lifestyle choices.
Type 2 Diabetes results in an ability to effec@vely use the hormone insulin which manifests as high blood sugar. We are exposed to much higher levels of sugar than our bodies were ever biologically designed to handle. As well as refined grains, trans and hydrogenated fats. In addi@on to excess supply, we are no longer burning the sugar through exercise or movement due to our mostly sedentary lives. Diabetes can be reversed with some very simple lifestyle changes provided you understand and embrace those changes. Type 2 Diabetes is not really a disease -­‐ it's a condi@on that manifests by abusing the gene@c input with poor lifestyle choices. That shows up as a weight gain, high blood sugar, neuropathy, re@nopathy, and other issues. INSULIN
Insulin is one of the most important hormones for health and survival. In a world where nutri-­‐
ents and calories were scarce and we never knew when or where our next meal would come, insulin evolved as a way to unlock the cell and allow nutrients easy access to help the body use glucose, amino acids and faJy acids. Insulin is also very protec@ve -­‐ prevents quick bursts of high levels of glucose from staying in the blood leading to glucose toxicity. Insulin allows cells to store fuel for future use. In a world of scarce resources, this became es-­‐
sen@al to our ability to survive. Humans have evolved an incredible ability to access our stored body fat. FaJy acids are the body's Number 1 preferred source of fuel. Glucose can help feed the brain and give muscles quick energy, but fat is the dominant, most effec@ve fuel. In today's world, where food is abundant, the brain is hard wired to make us want to overeat and we get in trouble with hormones like insulin. We have an innate ability, through insulin to store excess calories as fat for later use. The human body can only store about 2,000 calories or carbohydrates in its glycogen stores.
About 100 g in the liver, and about 400-­‐500 g in all the muscles of the body. We can store hundreds of thousands of calories in our fat cells. When we are not exercising that much and one muscle glycogen stores are already full and not being depleted, insulin dumps excess sugar into the fat cells. Many people will gain weight and store larger amounts of fat before becoming diabe@c. Instead of allowing sugar levels to rise, the body shunts the excess sugar into our fat cells un@l they can't hold anymore. Insulin resistance leads to increased produc@on from the pancreas which causes strain to the pancreas and may lead to beta cell burnout. High levels of insulin are pro-­‐inflammatory, which exacerbates the oxida@ve stress and damage associated with Type 2 Diabetes. The answer is to stop consuming sugars and processed carbohydrates, par@cularly grains, to dras@cally reduce the unhealthy fats -­‐ canola, corn oil, safflower oil and introduce whole real foods. 3 Types of Exercise
1. Find ways to move about, walking is one of the best forms of physical ac@vity. 2. Interval training -­‐ brief periods of (30 seconds) of high intensity output (sprint) at 90+%
3. Resistance training with body weight. Push ups, pull ups, squats, dips, lunges
Exhaust muscle glycogen which improves insulin sensi@vity
Everyday you have to wake up and say "Ok. Am I willing to take on this lifestyle again today?"
Physical ac@vity should be fun -­‐ try new things un@l you find something you like -­‐ hike, walk the dog, ul@mate frisbee, snowboarding, etc. Humans play more than any other animal. It seems to contribute to the neuro-­‐plas@city of the brain and problem solving. Sugar-­‐burner cycle -­‐ elevated insulin levels block the body from burning fat so the brain de-­‐
pends on glucose for food. Type 2 Diabetes, because the body is insulin resistant, it has a hard @me u@lizing the sugar in the blood, as you're hungry every 2-­‐3 hours. The solu@on is to become a good fat burner by cubng carbs (Less that 100 g of carbs) and in-­‐
creasing exercise to deplete glycogen stores. KEYTONES -­‐ "the fourth fuel" When we burn fat, one fat breakdown product is ketones. The brain and body can burn ketones for energy
It takes about 3 weeks for the body to adjust to burning fat and ketones rather than sugar. Leads to weight loss, improved energy, stable blood sugar
SLEEP
Sleep is cri@cal for health and blood sugar control. Sleep is not wasted down @me. It's the @me when we repair and rebuild the body. It's one of the most cri@cal parts of a healthy lifestyle.
Sun exposure is also cri@cal Vitamin D produc@on, which is essen@al for immune health Recommended Supplements: potent an@oxidant formula Fish oil Probio@cs