I’ve recently been tested for and confirmed to be “insulin resistant.” I know that it has to do with sugar and energy and glucose, but I’m confused about it. I’d like to work on reversing it, but I need to understand what it is better for me to convince myself to change my habits. TIA
ETA: I’m aware of the consequence that it can become diabetes & im very willing to make changes, I just have a weird brain that needs to understand WHY changes are important. I don’t want to be diabetic, but I want to know a basic explanation of what insulin resistance is.
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it’s caused by down regulation. When there are too much of a certain hormone in your circulation, your cells responds by decreasing the number of receptors on cell surface. When there’s no enough insulin receptor, the glucose can’t be used despite the insulin level being high.
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