| There are many people who think that insulin | | | | within 10 years. However this can avoided if they |
| resistance and diabetes are one and the same but | | | | lose 5 to 7 percent of their body |
| they are not. | | | | weight—which is about 10 to 15 pounds for |
| Diabetes | | | | someone who weighs 200 pounds. Hence the |
| Diabetes is a condition that affects the way your | | | | importance of a daily exercise regimen; even if it |
| body utilizes food for energy. Normally, the | | | | is only a 30 minute walk per day, it helps. Insulin |
| sugar you take in is digested and broken down to | | | | resistance can also occur in people who have |
| a simple sugar, known as glucose. The glucose | | | | type 1 diabetes. This is true especially if they |
| then travels in your blood where it waits to enter | | | | those who are overweight. |
| cells to be used as fuel. | | | | Diabetes and Insulin Resistance are Not the Same, |
| Insulin | | | | But are Related |
| Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, is | | | | In essence, diabetes and insulin resistance are not |
| what helps move the glucose into cells. A healthy | | | | the same but yet are related. There are several |
| pancreas adjusts the amount of insulin based on | | | | factors that determine if one or the other is |
| the level of glucose. However, if you have | | | | present in the body and the symptoms for each |
| diabetes, this process breaks down, and blood | | | | are slightly different, although you will find that |
| sugar levels become too high. | | | | some are the same. Thus the confusion that |
| Insulin Resistance | | | | they are one and the same health challenge. |
| On the other hand, insulin resistance is a silent | | | | Symptoms Indicating Possible Risk of Insulin |
| condition that increases the chances of developing | | | | Resistance |
| diabetes, and even heart disease. Becoming | | | | Women: |
| knowledgeable about insulin resistance is the first | | | | 1. Overweight |
| step you can take toward making lifestyle | | | | 2. Waist bigger than your hips |
| changes that will help you prevent diabetes and | | | | 3. Buttocks slightly bigger than normal |
| other health problems. | | | | Men: |
| If a person is insulin resistant, their muscle fat and | | | | 1. Overweight |
| liver cells do not make proper use of insulin | | | | 2. Larger stomach |
| because the cells have a diminished ability to | | | | If you are overweight, have a waist that is bigger |
| respond to the action of the insulin hormone. | | | | than your hips, are a woman whose buttocks are |
| Because the pancreas tries to keep up with the | | | | slightly bigger than normal, or if you are a man |
| demand for insulin by producing more, the | | | | with a rather larger stomach, then you may be at |
| process to do so becomes compromised and | | | | risk for insulin resistance. These are a few of the |
| excess glucose builds up in the bloodstream, since | | | | symptoms of insulin resistance with the weight |
| the pancreas cannot keep up with the body's | | | | and waist issues being major reasons to consider |
| need for insulin. In essence many people with | | | | your health. |
| insulin resistance have high levels of blood glucose | | | | No matter the level, it really is up to every |
| and high levels of insulin circulating in their blood | | | | individual to take charge of their health and learn |
| simultaneously. | | | | to take more proactive measures to healthier |
| Studies have shown that more people with insulin | | | | living. |
| resistance, go on to develop type 2 diabetes | | | | |