| What is insulin resistance & what can be | | | | muscles? It allows your muscles to burn sugar for |
| done about it. | | | | one thing. So if your muscles become resistant to |
| There's 17 million diabetics in the United States | | | | insulin it can't burn that sugar that was |
| & 80 million more who are in some stage of | | | | manufactured by the liver. So the liver is |
| insulin resistance. A diet high in carbohydrates | | | | producing much, the muscles can't burn it, & |
| & lack of nutrition are the four main factors | | | | this raises your blood sugar. |
| in generating insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is | | | | "Well the fat cells become resistant, but not for |
| a "pre-diabetic" condition, which, when it gets | | | | some time. It is only after some time that they |
| extreme, becomes type 2 diabetes. Below are | | | | become resistant. It takes them longer. Liver first, |
| four doctors clarifying how this condition develops | | | | muscle second, & then your fat cells. |
| & its effects on the body: | | | | "So for some time your fat cells retain their |
| "When cells become resistant to insulin, the | | | | sensitivity. What is the action of insulin on your fat |
| receptors on their surfaces designed to reply to | | | | cells? To store that fat. It takes sugar & it |
| insulin have begun to malfunction." | | | | stores it as fat. So until your fat cells become |
| "It basically means that the receptors need more | | | | resistant you get fat, & that is what you |
| insulin to make them work properly in removing | | | | see. As people become increasingly insulin |
| sugar from the blood. Whereas before they | | | | resistant, they get fat & their weight goes |
| needed a touch to lower it, now they need a | | | | up. |
| continuous supply of excess insulin to keep blood | | | | "But finally they plateau. They might plateau at six |
| sugar within normal range." | | | | hundred pounds, four hundred & twenty |
| "As time goes by, blood sugar rises higher & | | | | pounds, one hundred & fifty pounds, but |
| stays up longer after the carbohydrate meal | | | | they will finally plateau as the fat cells protect |
| despite the immense amount of insulin mustered | | | | themselves & become insulin resistant. |
| to lower it. Bear in mind that were your doctor to | | | | "As all these major tissues, this huge body |
| check blood sugar in the coursework of this stage | | | | becomes resistant, your liver, muscles & fat, |
| of developing insulin resistance, your blood sugar | | | | your pancreas is putting out more insulin to |
| would be perfectly normal. The major silent | | | | compensate, so you are hyperinsulinemic [having |
| change taking place is the ever-growing quantity | | | | an abnormally high level of insulin in the blood] |
| of insulin needed to keep it that way."excerpted | | | | & you've got insulin floating around on a |
| from Protein Powerby Doctors Michael & | | | | regular basis. |
| Mary Eades | | | | "Insulin floating around in the blood causes a plaque |
| "The liver becomes resistant first, then the | | | | build up. Insulin causes the blood to clot readily. |
| muscle tissue, then the fat. What is the effect of | | | | Insulin causes cells that accumulate fatty deposits. |
| insulin on the liver? It is to suppress the | | | | Every step of the way, insulin's got its fingers in it |
| production of sugar by the liver. | | | | & is causing heart issues. It fills it with plaque, |
| "The sugar floating around in your body at any | | | | it constricts the arteries, it increases platelet |
| four times is the result of four things, the sugar | | | | adhesiveness & ability of the blood to |
| that you have eaten & how much sugar | | | | coagulate [clot]. Any known cause of heart issues, |
| your liver has made. When you wake up in the | | | | insulin is an element of." |
| morning it is more of a reflection of how much | | | | "If you need to know if insulin sensitivity can be |
| sugar your liver has made. If your liver is listening | | | | restored to its original state, well, perhaps not to |
| to insulin properly it won't make much sugar in the | | | | its original state, but you can restore it to the |
| midst of the night. If your liver is resistant, those | | | | state of about a ten year elderly." |
| brakes are lifted & your liver starts making a | | | | "You can increase sensitivity by diet & lots |
| bunch of sugar so you wake up with a bunch of | | | | of supplements."excerpted from a talk at the |
| sugar. | | | | Designs for Health Institute given by Dr. Ronald |
| "The next tissue to become resistant is the | | | | Rosedale, noted Diabetic Specialist. |
| muscle tissue. What is the action of insulin in | | | | |