I explain the side effects of diabetes medications.

Timestamps:
0:00 What effects do diabetes medications have on your body?
0:56 There are 3 different effects that certain medications create in this scenario
3:00 Metformin increases the sensitivity of your insulin receptors

In this video, I explain the effects of type 2 diabetes medications on your body.

Your pancreas makes the hormone insulin, which travels through your blood. Insulin responds to carbohydrates; less so to protein. Its goal is to lower your blood sugar.

Insulin is received by what’s called an insulin receptor. As I said, one goal is to lower blood sugar. Another is to store glycogen (sugar), cholesterol, or fat.

There are 3 different effects these medications create in this scenario. One is that they increase the production of insulin. One popular medication is called sulfonylurea, but it works only for type 2 diabetes, not type 1. The problem with this medication is that it’s also used as an herbicide. It increases your risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

Another mechanism works on the insulin receptor. People with type 2 diabetes have insulin resistance, meaning their receptors aren’t taking in insulin very well. This creates a failure in the feedback loop to the body, which ends up getting the message to produce more and more insulin. The more the receptor is resistant, the more insulin the pancreas is going to produce.

If you’re taking a sulfonylurea, which increases insulin production, your insulin levels are going to get quite high.

Metformin increases the sensitivity of your receptors; that is, they can receive more insulin. A black label on metformin warns of the dangers of a condition called lactic acidosis, a serious condition that causes your pH to go way up. A natural remedy for this condition is vitamin B1. The problem is that metformin depletes B1.

Many type 2 diabetics are given insulin. The problem is that the pancreas is already producing too much insulin because of insulin resistance. So too much insulin is being dumped into the system for the purpose of lowering blood sugar. And it comes with the risk of cardiovascular disease, weight gain, and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). With hypoglycemia, you become irritable and shaky and want to eat carbs to raise your blood sugar back up, starting the whole cycle over again.

Now you can see the effects of diabetes medications on your body.

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Dr. Berg, age 56, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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