In short, insulin's job entails helping glucose
get into body cells and turning the excess glucose into fat reserves as well.
Basically, insulin allows the sugar to
enter into body cells and store excess sugar into fats in the body.
When we eat free sugars, including highly processed starches, it signals our pancreas to produce more insulin, shuttling
sugars into our body cells and tissues.
To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain's priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing
water into all body cells.
Insulin is an important anabolic hormone and is responsible for moving
glucose into body cells, but too much is not a good thing.
Unfortunately, diabetic medication is more designed to remove glucose from the blood by pushing
it into body cells where it can cause damage.