: Episode 694 -- The lovely Nicole Recine joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss appearance fads, deciphering insulin, and explain differences between insulin and glucose PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club NICOLE RECINE Studying to be a nurse practitioner Is an RN Is also a certified diabetes educator/expert Comes on Wednesday shows every once in awhile! You can schedule a phone call with Nicole here FADS Guy at the gym had the extremely short buzzcut with the ironically long beard What is this look?? Amish want their look back Many men are trying to be overly masculine these days  Men use hairdryers and am getting manicures Men these days are more comfortable with sexuality DECIPHERING INSULIN Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar When you eat sugar or protein, your blood sugar spikes and your pancreas releases insulin Cannot be measured at home, only in a lab Insulin allows the blood sugar to enter the cells to be used for energy First job is to bring blood glucose down   Lowers blood sugar! Helps store fat (triglyceride chains) If you are trying to burn fat, you don't want too high a blood sugar because you don't want insulin to get too high and store more fat Low insulin = access to fat stores Insulin resistance is when your body is constantly over producing insulin (even when you are fasting) to take care of the load of carbs it expects you to eat from past experience  Essentially, this means your body then can't access the fat and makes you feel hungry to use sugar as fuel