Insulin resistance means your cells have stopped responding normally to insulin’s signal, requiring higher and higher insulin levels to achieve the same effect. One proposed driver is chronically elevated insulin from constant eating and refined carbohydrates — a model whose underlying physiology is undisputed but whose evidence in humans its own proponents call inconclusive.
This companion explores how resistance develops, what the fasting trials do and don’t show, and the reversal process of restoring sensitivity. (5 min read)
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