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Dr. Shannon Ritchey On Optimal Fitness Routines To Stay In Shape & Myths About Health & Fitness

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How Muscle Can Improve Insulin Sensitivity

When you have chronic, chronically high blood sugar levels due to over stress, eating a lot of processed foods, different, certain things can keep your blood sugar elevated for chronic periods. Then you have chronic levels of insulin. And this can cause insulin resistance. So there's too much insulin around. Your cells start to become desensitized to this insulin. They're not able to use it as well. It can cause all sorts of metabolic issues in your body. Well, one way that muscle can influence your insulin sensitivity and make you more insulin sensitive is by gaining weight. When I got pregnant, I gained so much weight with Zaza. Like I gained 60 pounds. And when I went

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