>>76727512
Yes, insulin is the fat storage hormone. When you become insulin resistant, your body produces more and more to try and combat glucose spikes, eventually getting so out of whack your pancreas starts shutting down and you become diabetic. If your insulin levels are chronically high, it will absolutely slow metabolism and fat burning. This is why people with type 1 diabetes form fat deposits at injection sites, it literally signals your body to store fat where it is.