"On the surface of the cells of your body sit insulin receptors, minute lock and keychemical gateways, like little doors that open and close, that regulate the inflow of blood sugar. After many years of exposure to a high glycemic diet, these cells become damaged by so much insulin that theirdoors begin to malfunction and shut down. As a result, the fat cells, muscle cells, and liver cells of the body become resistant to insulin so that normal amounts of insulin are no longer adequate to produce a response. The cells require ever greater quantities of insulin to open the resistant receptors and achieve even a minimal response. Insulin resistance in fat cells results in the breakdown of stored triglycerides, which elevates free fatty acids in the blood. Insulin resistance in muscle cells reduces glucose uptake, which keeps sugar levels high in the blood, and insulin resistance in liver cells reduces glucose storage, which also raises blood glucose levels.
With more and more cell doors jammed shut, your body needs to produce ever more insulin to push the glucose into the cells. More insulin causes even more doors to close and, as this vicious cycle continues, a condition called insulin resistance sets in. This is a primary cause-and-effect response by your body. If normal insulin levels are not enough to make the cells behave properly, the beta cells in your pancreas continue to sense high levels of glucose in the blood and they go into overdrive to pump out ever greater quantities of insulin in an attempt to bring blood sugar levels back to normal. In most cases, this extra insulin is enough to bring things back under control -- a time -- but with two significant side effects:
With more and more cell doors jammed shut, your body needs to produce ever more insulin to push the glucose into the cells. More insulin causes even more doors to close and, as this vicious cycle continues, a condition called insulin resistance sets in. This is a primary cause-and-effect response by your body. If normal insulin levels are not enough to make the cells behave properly, the beta cells in your pancreas continue to sense high levels of glucose in the blood and they go into overdrive to pump out ever greater quantities of insulin in an attempt to bring blood sugar levels back to normal. In most cases, this extra insulin is enough to bring things back under control -- a time -- but with two significant side effects:
- It puts undue stress on the beta cells in the pancreas. They can only operate in overdrive for so long before they burn out. At that point, not only can they no longer produce sufficient levels of insulin even under prodding, but also they eventually lose all ability to produce insulin under any conditions.
- The increased insulin comes with a whole host of its own side effects."
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