However, the cells don’t let every single sugar into the Cell Club. No, they only let the number of sugars in that they ‘need’ to use and no more. So what happens to all of these sugars that are not let into the Cell Club? Well, one of two things happens. First, they can simply remain in the bloodstreamand cause trouble for all of the other cells because they saturate the cells, much like a crowd of people wanting to get into the Cell Club.

But by just standing (or floating in this case) around the cells, they create an acidic atmosphere which is not a friendly one. It is super polluted with sugar and its by-product acid. So what do you think happens to the surrounding tissue? Well, it starts to deteriorate and this, in turn, causes pain and breakdown of other tissues and organs. Thus we have a condition of diabetes, which is a subject for another time. I just wanted to give you some idea of what is going on with the insulin.

Ok, secondly, if there are enough insulin buddies but the sugar is not needed for energy production, the insulin buddies simply convert the sugars into fat and store them around the body where they can be ready in case the body needs them for insulin production. So, in essence, the insulin buddies take them into the “Fat Club” and tell them to just stay there until they come for them.

This is when you see people getting fat. Those sugars may never be called on to go to a cell and be used for energy production so they just sit around, drinking in the local fluids and waiting. They’re very patient and they don’t care how many pile in on top of them. The more, the merrier.

Now let us say, that this person in whom the fat is really building goes on a low-carb diet. In order to do this, he must limit his carbohydrate intake to a very low level but he can increase or keep his fat intake at a high level.

Let’s back up for a second and discuss the order in which the body uses the three different food groups as energy sources. The first and easiest to burn are the carbohydrates. These are the first things that the body looks to burn for energy when it’s in need. The second thing it likes to burn and will always put in second on the list, is fat. Yes, when there are no carbohydrates around or very low carbohydrate, the body will burn fat in order to give itself energy.

It breaks the fat down into a carbohydrate form and takes it to the Cell Oven where it is converted to energy; weeeeeeeeeee! The last thing the body wants to use for energy production is the protein. Why? Because this is what the body tissues and organs are made of. Yes, your body, skin, hair, everything, is made out of protein, which is the building block of the human body.

When the body has to start using protein for energy, that means it has run out of its normal fuels, carbs and fats. That is a bad thing and probably means that this person is starving to death. Not the best story about losing weight.

Ok, now let’s go back to the fat storage story. All these fat cells are hanging around waiting to be converted to some form of energy but it never comes. So, they just wait and accumulate more and more. But, as we said, our person is now on a low-carb diet so let’s see what is happening.

Very few carbs are coming in and the ones that are coming in are instantly used for energy production. The Cell Ovens are fired up and ready to go but there are just not enough carbs coming in to convert to energy. Ok, the Cell foreman calls up to the brain and says, “listen, we’re ready to burn some carbs but none are coming in. What’s up?” The brain simply says, “don’t worry I’ll take care of it.” The brain then contacts the pancreas and says, “cut back on the insulin release and instead, release the glucagon and tell it to go convert any Fats that it sees hanging around into sugars and send them into the cells for energy production.” The pancreas does what the brain tells it to. It closes down on the insulin valves and opens the glucagon valves wide open. The glucagon is released and goes around to the Fat clubs picking out Fats to be converted to carbs. Those carbs are immediately sent to the Cell Ovens with an insulin buddy and everyone is happy.

No longer is insulin just floating around in the body taking the excess carbs to the Fat club. It is again being used very efficiently and not much of it is being released because there’s no need. The valves as just barely open for it. The cells are happy because they’re getting the carbs for energy production and no longer have the sugar crowds hanging around, tearing up the place. The pancreas is happy because it doesn’t have to waste anymore insulin and can relax a little.

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To be continued…

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