Hormones and Insulin Function
This hormone lowers blood sugar by stimulating glucose uptake into cells and storage as glycogen in the liver.
What is insulin?
This stress hormone increases blood glucose, promotes visceral fat, and decreases insulin sensitivity.
What is cortisol?
This type of fat, stored around organs like the liver and pancreas, is more metabolically active and promotes inflammation.
What is visceral fat?
This hormone is released when blood sugar is low and signals the liver to convert glycogen back into glucose.
What is glucagon?
Cortisol disrupts insulin production in three main ways: it signals the liver to release glucose, promotes visceral fat gain, and causes this type of cellular response that makes insulin less effective.
What is insulin resistance?
South Asians are genetically prone to diabetes partly because of this evolutionary theory that once favored fat storage during famines.
What is the thrifty genotype hypothesis?