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Insulin resistance is a pervasive and dangerous condition linked to numerous chronic diseases, affecting millions globally and escalating rates of obesity and diabetes. The key to preventing or reversing insulin resistance lies in consuming real, whole foods, avoiding processed sugar, and considering low-carb or keto diets along with intermittent fasting for more severe cases.
Insights
- Insulin resistance is a pervasive and severe condition that underlies numerous chronic diseases, affecting over 95% of degenerative diseases globally, emphasizing its critical role in health outcomes.
- The development of insulin resistance is multifaceted, influenced by factors such as excessive sugar and starch intake, leading to fat accumulation and cellular resistance to insulin, highlighting the importance of dietary choices in preventing or reversing this damaging condition.
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Recent questions
What is insulin resistance?
Insulin resistance is a harmful condition where cells resist insulin's actions due to excessive insulin levels, leading to various health issues.
How does insulin resistance impact the body?
Insulin resistance can cause fatty liver, chronic inflammation, weight gain, reduced immune function, and is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia, and other serious health conditions.
What are the consequences of insulin resistance?
Insulin resistance can result in increased blood pressure, blood sugar, triglycerides, reduced helpful cholesterol, and increased damaging inflammatory cholesterol, contributing to a range of degenerative diseases.
How prevalent is insulin resistance globally?
Insulin resistance is estimated to be involved in over 95% of degenerative diseases, affecting millions worldwide, with the US leading in diabetes, obesity, and overweight trends.
How can insulin resistance be prevented or reversed?
To combat insulin resistance, focus on eating real, single-ingredient foods, avoiding processed foods high in sugar, considering a low-carb/keto diet, intermittent fasting, and increasing calories from fruits, vegetables, beans, and grains while emphasizing quality fats.
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Summary
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"Insulin Resistance: Global Epidemic with Devastating Consequences"
- Insulin resistance is a highly damaging disease that is often undetected, causing fatty liver, chronic inflammation, increased blood pressure, blood sugar, and triglycerides, while reducing helpful cholesterol and increasing damaging inflammatory cholesterol.
- Insulin resistance also leads to weight gain, reduced immune function, interference with autophagy, and is directly linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia, kidney failure, blindness, amputations, and cancer.
- Insulin resistance is estimated to be involved in over 95% of degenerative diseases, making it the most costly and devastating disease globally.
- Insulin resistance is not just a condition one either has or doesn't have; it exists on a continuum from prediabetes to optimal levels, with an optimal A1C range of 4.8 to 5.1.
- The prevalence of insulin resistance is significant, with 30 million people in the US having type 2 diabetes and 463 million worldwide, expected to double in the next few decades.
- Insulin resistance is the primary cause of weight gain, with over 70% of the US population being overweight and a third of the world's population being overweight.
- Insulin resistance progresses over time, taking about 15-20 years to develop from mild resistance to diabetes, with the US leading in diabetes, obesity, and overweight trends.
- Insulin is essential for nutrient absorption into cells, but insulin resistance occurs when cells start resisting insulin's actions due to excessive insulin levels.
- Excess fat on the body is often blamed for health issues, but it is a result of increased lipogenesis and decreased lipolysis, both stemming from insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels.
- While fat cells may appear more insulin resistant, it is the excess insulin caused by high sugar and starch intake that leads to fat accumulation, not the fat itself.
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"Combat insulin resistance and obesity with diet"
- Insulin resistance is caused by sugar in starch, leading to fat storage and the development of fat insulin-resistant cells.
- Authorities like the World Health Organization attribute obesity to increased calorie intake from fat and sugar, along with reduced physical activity.
- Recommendations to combat obesity include reducing calories from sugar, but increasing calories from fruits, vegetables, beans, and grains, emphasizing the importance of quality fats.
- To prevent or reverse insulin resistance, focus on eating real, single-ingredient foods, avoiding processed and fake foods high in sugar and fructose, while also considering a low-carb/keto diet and intermittent fasting for more advanced cases.
