In Episode 273 of the Fit Father Project Podcast, Dr. Anthony Balduzzi builds on last week’s longevity conversation by tackling one of the most misunderstood topics in modern health: insulin sensitivity.
Dr. Anthony breaks down how insulin actually works in the body, why insulin resistance is at the root of weight gain, fatigue, inflammation, and pre-diabetes, and how most men unknowingly make themselves more insulin resistant through poor sleep, chronic stress, inactivity, and mistimed nutrition.
You’ll also learn how strength training, fasting, gut-friendly carbohydrates, and stress regulation work together to create metabolic flexibility—allowing your body to burn carbs when needed, burn fat at rest, and stay resilient as you age.
Check out Part One of this series, “Build Muscle or Age Faster.”
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Next Week’s Episode: Next week, Dr. Anthony wraps up the series by pulling everything together—training, metabolism, recovery, and long-term health—into a clear framework you can follow throughout 2026 and beyond. If Part 1 changed how you think about muscle, and Part 2 reshaped how you view insulin and blood sugar, you won’t want to miss the final installment.
Key Takeaways
- Insulin is essential—but chronic elevation drives disease
- Insulin resistance as the hidden driver of aging and inflammation
- Muscle as the primary glucose disposal organ
- Strength training as an insulin-sensitizing signal
- Timing carbohydrates around workouts for metabolic advantage
- Poor sleep causing 30–40% insulin resistance the next day
- Stress and cortisol directly blocking insulin sensitivity
- Visceral fat as a hormonal disruptor
- Fasting as a powerful insulin-reset lever
- Gut-friendly carbohydrates improving long-term blood sugar control
- Walking after meals to blunt glucose spikes
- Metabolic flexibility as the true goal—not carb elimination
Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Sugar & Longevity After 40 With Dr. Anthony Balduzzi (Ep. 273)
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