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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1523536" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>This is how I see insulin resistance. </p><p></p><p>I believe it is caused by a combination of too much insulin and too much glucose. When we eat, insulin is produced to push the glucose into the cells. The more insulin there is, the more glucose it will push in. The cells become full to bursting because there is simply too much glucose for their needs so start to reject further glucose. This in turn promotes a larger production of insulin, of which some is successful in pushing more glucose in but some isn't. Some of the glucose spills out of the cells back into the blood stream. The pancreas produces even more insulin to try and push this glucose back in the cells. More insulin, more resistance from the cells, more glucose in the bloodstream and the more glucose in our cells, not doing us any good at all. It is a vicious circle - the more glucose there is, the more insulin is produced and the worse the resistance to insulin becomes and the more glucose gets stored as fat making the cells even more unhappy. </p><p></p><p>If we are to reverse diabetes we have to stop putting excess glucose in our bodies and also burn off the stored fat deposits in the cells to make room for some glucose. The cells will be happy, insulin production will reduce, whatever glucose we have will easily enter the cells for energy without the cells becoming full.</p><p></p><p>To me, this necessitates a diet low in carbohydrate, the lower the better. It also requires some effort to burn off the old stored fat, and fasting appears to be one way of doing this. There may well be other ways. How we achieve a sustainable low carb diet is personal to each of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1523536, member: 94045"] This is how I see insulin resistance. I believe it is caused by a combination of too much insulin and too much glucose. When we eat, insulin is produced to push the glucose into the cells. The more insulin there is, the more glucose it will push in. The cells become full to bursting because there is simply too much glucose for their needs so start to reject further glucose. This in turn promotes a larger production of insulin, of which some is successful in pushing more glucose in but some isn't. Some of the glucose spills out of the cells back into the blood stream. The pancreas produces even more insulin to try and push this glucose back in the cells. More insulin, more resistance from the cells, more glucose in the bloodstream and the more glucose in our cells, not doing us any good at all. It is a vicious circle - the more glucose there is, the more insulin is produced and the worse the resistance to insulin becomes and the more glucose gets stored as fat making the cells even more unhappy. If we are to reverse diabetes we have to stop putting excess glucose in our bodies and also burn off the stored fat deposits in the cells to make room for some glucose. The cells will be happy, insulin production will reduce, whatever glucose we have will easily enter the cells for energy without the cells becoming full. To me, this necessitates a diet low in carbohydrate, the lower the better. It also requires some effort to burn off the old stored fat, and fasting appears to be one way of doing this. There may well be other ways. How we achieve a sustainable low carb diet is personal to each of us. [/QUOTE]
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