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I Might Get Attacked for Saying This About Insulin and Cortisol
In this episode, Dr. David Jockers breaks down the hormonal loop behind stubborn belly fat that almost nobody is talking about: the cortisol-insulin death spiral. Visceral fat isn't passive storage, it's a hormone factory with two to three times more cortisol receptor sites than other fat, and the more of it you carry, the more cortisol it pulls in and the more insulin resistant it becomes.
You will learn exactly how the loop runs, from a stress response to a liver glucose dump to an insulin spike that shuts fat burning off, and why this keeps happening even when you eat clean, stay low carb…
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