HYPERINSULINEMIA CAUSES OBESITY. This point is crucial because it immediately makes obvious that successful treatment of obesity depends upon lowering insulin levels. Highly refined, processed carbohydrates—sugars, flour, bread, pasta, muffins, donuts, rice, and potatoes—are well known to raise blood glucose and insulin production. If these highly refined carbohydrates were the main cause of hyperinsulinemia, they would also be the
