Insulin Resistance - The Metabolic Nightmare
Shane Ellison, M.Sc.
Courtesy of www.healthmyths.net
Copyright © 2005
On September 5th, 2005, U.S. News and World Report sounded the
alarm. Affecting 70 million Americans, a common disorder known as
insulin resistance can be linked to the biggest killers. This is no
coincidence.
Acting as a biological escort service, insulin carries glucose and
other nutrients into the fat and muscle cells to be used as fuel.
When insulin resistance sets in, these cells resist glucose and it
remains in the bloodstream. In response, the pancreas releases more
insulin.
The combination of high blood glucose and insulin sets the stage for
a metabolic nightmare. Excess insulin causes the kidneys to retain
salt – hypertension results. Excess insulin cogs the metabolic
wheel – obesity results. Excess glucose catalyzes the production of
artery-damaging and brain-clogging compounds known as advanced
glycated end (AGE) products – heart disease and Alzheimer's disease
result. Excess insulin stimulates cancer growth like gas on a fire –
tumors result. Excess insulin triggers androgen production in
women – infertility results.
The greatest health catastrophe ever recorded, insulin resistance is
projected to cause the first reduction in the average life
expectancy in 200 years. Victims will erase at least 10 years of
their lives if not addressed.
Habits create and eradicate disease. And this is especially true
for insulin resistance. A disorder of poor lifestyle and nutrition
habits rather than a rogue virus or bacteria, reversing insulin
resistance is simply a matter of embracing new healthy habits. Once
done, insulin is controlled. Suffering from insulin resistance is
nothing more than a bad dream.
Controlling insulin levels confers other health benefits. Physician
David Katz, Director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale
Medical School, suggests that learning how to regulate insulin could
be the master control of all disease. This includes heart disease,
Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Knowledge of how to reverse insulin
resistance is the long-awaited panacea that Americans have been
searching for.
As of 2005, Americans stand on the threshold of the most sweeping
health revolution in history. For the first time since the rise of
prescription drug tyranny, science has made it abundantly clear that
health freedom can be procured via simple lifestyle habits – not
drugs.
Shane Ellison is an ex-drug chemist and author. He is dedicated to
stopping prescription drug hype in its tracks. To this end, he has
made it his mission to introduce healthy lifestyle habits as well as
safe and effective nutritional supplements to the public. With his
keen ability to sift through scientific literature and weed out fact
from fiction, Shane has empowered thousands to assert their health
freedom by saying "no" to prescription drugs. Learn more at
www.healthmyths.net
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