Burning body fat is essential for keeping our energy levels up between meals, keeping us mentally sharp, and of course for losing weight.

When we can’t burn our body fat, we may hold on to excess weight, have cravings between meals, have energy or blood sugar crashes, have hormone imbalances, and so much more.

I see a lot of people in my practice who work out a ton but can’t lose body fat. A major cause of this is high insulin levels.

High insulin signals to the body to STORE fat AND at the same time blocks us from BURNING that fat.

High insulin essentially blocks us from using stored fat for energy so we become dependent on carbs to keep us energized.This makes it nearly impossible to stabilize blood sugar, stay away from carbs, and lose weight.

So how do you improve your insulin levels to better burn body fat?

In order to lower insulin levels, we can start with avoiding blood sugar spikes.

There are many other factors that help lower insulin levels like targeted workouts,...

I couldn’t figure out why I had such a hard time losing weight when I ate paleo.

On the daily I would have foods & snacks like these and not surprisingly, at this time I also had insulin resistance and PCOS.

I was eating wayyyyy too much sugar and too many carbs for my body. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE “HEALTHY” CARBS.

None of these foods have added sugars or refined sugars but they all have a shitload of natural sugars or starches.

Plantain chips: refined and dehydrated a bit so the starch hits you quicker and spikes you more than with just a regular plantain which already has a ton of carbs!

Coconut water: super sugary with no fiber to slow down the absorption

Kombucha: On average they have about 16g of fruit sugar per bottle! Want probiotics without the sugar? Try sauerkraut instead

Larabars: Dried fruits and some nuts and the ones I got often had chocolate chips because, chocolate. A sugar bomb since dried fruit spikes your sugar way more than regular fruit since...