What Jared Rutter has said about Insulin
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 7, 2026
Jared Rutter, American biochemist, professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator specializing in mitochondria and metabolism, has been quoted on Insulin once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rutter describes insulin as a signal telling adipocytes to take up glucose and convert it to fat for long-term storage.
“when they see insulin, what they do is they turn on a protein, they start making a protein that will cause glucose to be taken up into that adipocyte”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 27:55
Episodes
How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared RutterHuberman Lab · Sep 7, 2026 · 2 h 4 min
Biochemist Jared Rutter explains to Andrew Huberman how mitochondria allocate cellular resources between energy and growth, shaping aging, heart failure, and cancer.
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