Episode 8 of the Wellness Zone Podcast with Dr. Barry Sears and Mary Perry. This week’stopic: “Measuring Insulin Resistance.”
We discuss:
00:00 How do you define Wellness? 01:12 Understanding the HOMA-IR blood test
02:36 What causes insulin Resistance is inflammation
03:42 Chronic diseases caused by insulin resistance
04:38 What Americans eat too much of, and why they don’t consume enough protein, or have the right balance of carbs and fats.
05:08 Metabolic Engineering and treating food like a drug
06:45 Managing diet, exercise, and stress reduction—the 80-15-5 rule
Measuring Insulin Resistance.