Moskau50 t1_iydwi3f wrote
Insulin regulates blood sugar levels. It tells cells to start pulling glucose out of the bloodstream for storage as glycogen or as fat. Insulin levels are controlled by the pancreatic system, which helps regulate blood sugar levels.
Insulin resistance is when cells are not as responsive to insulin, so blood sugar levels rise to unhealthy levels. Temporary high blood sugar isn’t a problem, but if it’s sustained, it can lead to significant health problems, like kidney damage/failure and ketoacidosis (which can then lead to heart attacks), among other, more minor symptoms.
TrigonSpawn OP t1_iydwwzm wrote
Hm. Is it known how insulin resistance happens? For example does insulin resistance start first from a cause on it's own and then the resistance causes diseases like PCOS/Diabetes or do the diseases cause insulin resistance? Or neither/some mix of the two??
lowflier84 t1_iydyq4l wrote
Insulin resistance is a precursor to diabetes. Insulin rises and falls in response to blood glucose levels. Depending on what and how you eat, those blood glucose levels may not fall enough, and you can eventually put yourself in a situation where the amount of insulin needed to get your body to use blood glucose gets so high that your pancreas can no longer produce enough.
TrigonSpawn OP t1_iye0khr wrote
Hm so insulin resistance is caused by diet. Is insulin resistance reversible with diet change then or is it kind of one of those things where the damage is done but diet change can mitigate it to a certain point? I've seen where it's been said diabetes can be reversed depending on the type of diabetes (not the type where you're born with it, only the type where you acquire the disease) and now I'm assuming since the two are linked that if you reverse insulin resistance that equally reverses diabetes? Not sure if that's an accurate way to look at that
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