WHAT IS INSULIN RESISTANCE?

Insulin resistance is something you hear about every day, your doctor tells you that you have it, or that you are prediabeitc, or you read about it in magazines, or weight loss books..
Insulin resistance means your cells in many parts of the body do not respond to insulin. It is the reason most people struggle with weight loss and more commonly cannot lose weight.This is the most important concept to understanding weight and what makes it go up an down.
Lets do a basic review. When you eat any carbohydrate, not just starch, but fruit, milk, cookies, desserts, alcohol, these are all carbohydrates; they get made into sugar in the blood; Sugar triggers the release of insulin from the pancreas into the blood stream.
Once in the blood, the insulin travels to many places, like muscle cells, heart cells, liver cells, brain cells, and unlocks these cells; very much the way a key fits into and unlocks a lock. When the cells are unlocked, sugar can go into the cell and give it energy. This is the way it is suppose to work, in an insulin sensitive cell.
When you are insulin resistant, due to chronic imbalances in your diet (for most people) that lock is” rusty;” the key does not work well, the cell only partially gets unlocked by insulin.
As a result of a “rusty lock” the “door” gets opened just a “crack”, a small amount.this means, only a little bit of sugar can enter the cell and give it energy.
This is what insulin resistance means: which is that most cells cannot respond adequately to insulin, and because of this,much sugar that is in the blood stream cannot get into cells, Over time your blood sugar rises, and you become prediabetic and then diabetic.
What is the result of insulin resistance? the result is a lot of sugar is floating around in the blood and cannot get cells. So where does all this sugar go? It gets sucked up by fat cells, you gain weight, and the situation gets worse. You are fatter, and become more insulin resistant.

How do you fix this problem? You do NOT become less insulin resistant by eating less food, but by eating the CORRECT chemistry of food. What is the correct chemist try of food? This varies person to person, and this is why you need professional help. This is complicated, requires a thorough understanding of insulin, its chemistry, how to fix this, and all the many other hormones, not mentioned here that affect the interaction of insulin with cells in your body.(Examples; Resistin, Adiponectin, Cholecystikin, PYY, glucagon, and many others) I hope this gives you a glimpse of how all this works, and please come in and see us if you are ready for some expert help.