subject: Reverse Insulin Resistance, Stop Type 2 Diabetes Problems [print this page] Reverse Insulin Resistance, Stop Type 2 Diabetes Problems
Every living thing has one thing in common with each other - insulin. This substance is used both internally and externally by cells, and is equally important in single and multi cell life. The proper use of blood sugar requires the ability to use insulin. When blood sugar is not used, high blood sugar is the result. High blood sugar equals diabetes in both the doctor and the patients mind.
Life is based on complex chemical reactions continually occuring in an opimum manner. This is the same for the use of insulin. If both high insulin and high blood sugar levels occur, other chemical reactions don't work as well, resulting in:
* Blocked blood vessels
*Triglycerides and cholesterol levels that are elevated. These blood fats are of various thicknesses, similar to different sorts of mud in the bottom of a stream.
* Crippling Osteoporosis
* Blood flow severly restricted in the small vessels in hands and feet cause these areas to have sharp pains, called angina.
* Illnesses come easier and leave harder
What do these all have in common?
This insulin imbalance is common in these and other medical problems for many people. Age seems to occur faster for people with high insulin levels - the work of the cells occurs with more effort. High blood sugar must be burnt off, removed, or turned into fat.
It's typical to treat these symptoms, not the underlying cause. Some would say it's because of the profitablity of dealing with symptoms. It may be more because the symptoms are what is getting the attention. This trap can be avoided.
Please consider these facts:
Tests of people over 100 years old all over the world show that for their age, they have low:
* Blood Sugar
* The amount of fat in the blood (triglycerides)
* How much insulin is in the blood
Insulin is used to store excess nutrients. In the first step of converting excess blood sugar into body fat, all the insulin that can be mustered is released.
This excess sugar is stored by insulin as glycogen. Glycogen is transformed into saturated fat. This fat acts as ballast, slowing the entire system.
Other nutrients and minerals insulin stores include:
* Magnesium - Heightened insulin levels lowers magnesium amounts in the muscles, where it is needed to allow relaxation of the muscle fibers. The stiffness of muscle fibers demands more insulin. On the celluar level, stiff muscle fibers cause blocks in circulation, constrictions in muscles, high blood pressure as more force is needed to circulate fluids, and lower avaliable energy levels.
* Sodium - high blood pressure, fluid retention, and sodium retention are the results of high insulin levels.
Immediate medical problems with having high insulin levels in the body 24/7/365 include:
* Congestive Heart and Circulatory System Failure - Insulin level spikes, such as after a high-carbohydrate, low-fiber meal, stimulates the sympathetic (automatic functions) nervous system, straining the heart's nervous system. While eating a meal relatively high in 'correct fat' can reduce the immedate chance of a heart attack, a high carb meal can increase the same chances for a heart attack 2 or 3 times.
* Blood Lipids (Cholesterol): Too much insulin, due to insulin resistance, causes cells to proliferate. A common definition of cancer is cell division that is out of control. It also causes a host of other problems that ages people prematurely.
In the end, the equation equals: The more insulin in the body, the faster the body ages.
The first step in lower insulin levels is through changing your diet. The second step is to exercise (the benefits of exercise regarding insulin levels are so extensive that they need to be the subject of another article).
This news doesn't make many people comfortable. However, controling your insulin levels through direct action when your body can't do it automatically any more should outweigh the downside (a slow, painful, early death).
