Do not shake the bottle vigorously to re-mix the insulin as bubbles can be introduced, which can interfere with measurement of the
very small amounts of insulin used for cats.
Labeling insulin as your «fat storage hormone» not only misrepresents it's true biological activity, it scares people into believing that insulin is the enemy, and even
small amounts of insulin cause weight gain, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
In this way, insulin sensitivity is defined by how much insulin is needed to store blood glucose within the cells of the body — healthy people need a
much smaller amount of insulin to store a certain amount of glucose than insulin resistant individuals, and the latter have higher levels of both blood glucose and insulin.
If on the other hand the cells in your body are highly sensitive to insulin, you improve your glucose clearance, and your liver only has to
release small amounts of insulin to get the job done.
Insulin is the most powerful anabolic hormone in your body (meaning that it promotes more growth and fuel storage than any other hormone), and ketogenic dieters exaggerate this fact, condemning insulin entirely, claiming that
even small amounts of insulin will make you fat.
Rusty points out that even if you have
a small amount of insulin in your system it's going to have a negative impact on your session and you'll discover how to exercise at the rights times to achieve the best results.
You are insulin sensitive if your body can process glucose with
a small amount of insulin.
A healthy body does not tolerate more than
small amounts of insulin (see The Insulin Villain).
You are considered «insulin sensitive» if only
a small amount of insulin needs to be secreted from your pancreas to deposit the same amount of glucose in your body (8).