What is insulin resistance?

[Laodicean60]

You guys can fast-forward if you know this stuff. Enjoy

 

[Stellar Vision]

She mentions that the insulin receptors are locked, but she never fully explains what's gumming up the locks.

 

[Laodicean60]

She mentions that the insulin receptors are locked, but she never fully explains what's gumming up the locks.

Because of the glucose in the blood and the constant signaling of insulin the cell just says no more. The cell becomes desensitized to insulin and requires more insulin to force the receptor to open. This hyperinsulinemia results in many diseases.

 

[Stellar Vision]

Because of the glucose in the blood and the constant signaling of insulin the cell just says no more. The cell becomes desensitized to insulin and requires more insulin to force the receptor to open. This hyperinsulinemia results in many diseases.

Check out the video I linked, I think you'll find it interesting. It's Intramyocellular lipids that cause the cell receptors to not respond to insulin. It's like gumming up a lock.

 

[Laodicean60]

Intramyocellular lipids

Thank you for the video. We all know too much-saturated fat is harmful or too much of anything is bad. Poly and Mono fats are beneficial to the body. With the typical American diet, we consume more carbs than we can burn which then turns into fat. I've lived with low fat diet for 40 years and yet we have an epidemic of obesity. Activity plays a big role in burning energy.

Science and Politics of Nutrition: Dietary carbohydrates: role of quality and quantity in chronic disease

David S Ludwig and colleagues examine the links between different types of carbohydrates and health

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"Although human populations have thrived on diets with widely varying macronutrient ratios, the recent influx of rapidly digestible, high GI carbohydrates in developed nations has contributed to the epidemics of obesity and cardiometabolic disease."

In the past, I didn't exercise much but when I stopped eating carbs the fat melted away. My body turned to fat as a fuel source or some would say fat-adapted. I reduced my A1C from 7.9 to 6.2 before long I will not be considered type 2 diabetic. I am still insulin-resistant but working on my sensitivity.