Dan Weinert, D.C., Ph.D. presents this 2-hour class. The difference between “normal” and diabetic fasting blood glucose is literally a half teaspoon of glucose. Insulin insensitivity and diabetes are consumer issues. The primary consumers being: muscle and liver. They have small but significant differences in transporters and enzymes that drive they sugar metabolism. Understanding the rules can change your life. Dr. Weinert provides clear, simple explanations for the complex physiology driving health and disease. He offers strategies for engaging muscle as a massive ally for controlling blood sugar. Muscle should be big, trained, active, and empty for optimal glycemic control.
Accreditation(s)
Module 1
Module 1
Module 1: Introduction
- The problem: an obesity epidemic
- Understand what blood sugar is (glucose) and where it comes from (food sources)
- Fiber doesn’t count (kind of…)
- Quiz
Module 2
Module 2
Module 2: Blood sugar – what is normal and what is not
- Normal versus “pre-diabetic” or “diabetic” fasting blood glucose levels
- Normal and abnormal responses to a glucose tolerance test
- A1C – glycated hemoglobin: what is it and when is it an issue?
- Quiz
Module 3
Module 3
Module 3: Inflammation: Consequence of too much glucose
- “Extra” glucose binds to proteins (glycation) causing problems
- “Extra” glucose is converted into fat causing problems
- Big fat cells are bad fat cells
- Fat in and around organs is really bad
- A brief look at inflammation
- Quiz
Module 4
Module 4
Module 4: The Consumers.
- Who are non-player characters versus the leading actors
- Your brain is a cool and consistent consumer of glucose
- Don’t kill the messenger! Don’t abuse your pancreas
- Surprisingly, fat cells don’t make much fat
- Quiz
Module 5
Module 5
Module 5: Primary Consumers: Skeletal Muscle and Liver
- Liver is the fat maker
- Muscle consumption determines “excess” glucose
- Big, trained, active, and empty muscle is your friend
- Three fates of glucose: burn it, store it, convert it to fat
- Overnight fast depletes liver glucose (not muscle)
- Exercise depletes muscle glucose (and liver)
- Quiz
Module 6
Module 6
Module 6: Primary Consumers: A Deeper Dive
- Muscle gets priority
- Liver clears the extra
- Transporter and enzyme differences mean everything
- ↑ glucose, insulin, and fructose make your liver a massive consumer of glucose
- Quiz
Module 7
Module 7
Module 7: Muscle Strategy
- Bigger, trained, active, and empty/hungry
- Increase blood flow, activate the transporter, stimulate the enzyme
- Resting muscle burns next to nothing
- Walk after you eat
- Quiz
Module 8
Module 8
Module 8: Conclusion
- An insulin resistant cell is innately intelligent
- Take responsibility for health
- Drugs (insulin, metformin, GLP1 agonists do not fix the cause
- Address the cause
- Quiz
Course Completion
Course Completion
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
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Dan Weinert, D.C., Ph.D. |
Release Date:
Mar 25, 2026
Course Expiration Date:
Jan 31, 2027
CE Hours
2.00
Course Information
Course Information
- Each module contains a video presentation and a short quiz. You must view the video prior to taking the quiz.
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