Insulin Resistance - a Root Cause of Metabolic Syndrome
Insulin Resistance creates increased levels of insulin and
glucose in the blood stream, which is a major underlying cause
of Metabolic Syndrome (Syndrome X). Combating this condition is
crucial for heart disease prevention because Metabolic Syndrome
can result in damage to the cardiovascular system, specifically
the lining of the arteries and a greater risk of blood clot
formation. The kidneys' ability to remove salt is also affected.
All of these factors raise the likelihood of developing
Cardiovascular Disease, heart attacks and stroke.
Research by Louisiana State University published in the Journal
of the American Medical Association in December 2003 found that
those suffering from Metabolic Syndrome were at significantly
greater risk of dying from a heart attack than those without the
condition. The study, conducted over a 15-year period, concluded
that men with Metabolic Syndrome were from 2.9 to 4.2 times more
likely to die of a heart attack.
This breakthrough in understanding the body’s biochemistry
remains relatively unknown, even though Insulin Resistance has
reached epidemic proportions. Your doctor may not have explained
the crucial link between Insulin Resistance and Metabolic
Syndrome. You need to understand this link in order to help
reverse the symptoms of your condition.
The Insulite MetaX System is the first
scientifically-designed method that restores your body’s ability
to conquer Metabolic Syndrome by reversing Insulin Resistance.
METABOLIC SYNDROME AND INSULIN RESISTANCE
As an underlying cause of Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance
has many factors that contribute to its presence in the body. In
essence, our environment and lifestyles have evolved too rapidly
for our bodies to keep pace. We are still genetically “wired” to
thrive on the entrenched habits of our ancestors, who consumed
different, nutrient-rich foods, a diet low in carbohydrates and
sustained greater levels of movement and exercise. Some people
may also have a genetic predisposition to Insulin Resistance,
while others develop the condition through high stress and
unhealthy lifestyles.
INSULIN RESISTANCE NEGATIVELY AFFECTS GLUCOSE AND INSULIN LEVELS
Over time, the above factors have damaged the complex ability of
the body’s cells to properly utilize insulin to convert glucose
to energy. This process creates Insulin Resistance, which can
cause Metabolic Syndrome in two distinct ways.
First, Insulin Resistance vastly reduces the number of insulin
receptor sites or doorways on the walls of your cells. The
average healthy person has some 20,000 receptor sites per cell,
while the average overweight individual with Metabolic Syndrome can have as
few as 5,000.
If you have too few receptor sites, glucose bounces off the cell
wall, instead of passing through the insulin door to be burned
as energy. With the cell door almost closed to it, glucose
remains in the blood stream, causing elevated levels of blood
sugar, which are sent to the liver. Once there, the sugar is
converted into fat and carried via the blood stream throughout
the body. This process can lead to weight gain and obesity.
Insulin Resistance underlies Metabolic Syndrome by raising
insulin levels in the blood stream. Unhealthy lifestyles and
genetic conditions cause the pancreas to overproduce insulin.
The cell is, in turn, overwhelmed by this excess insulin and
protects itself by reducing the number of its insulin receptor
sites.
This process leaves too few sites for insulin to carry out its
normal function, which is to attach itself to the cell wall and
act as a key in a lock allowing glucose to pass through the cell
wall and be converted into energy. The vastly reduced number of
receptor sites in Insulin Resistant people causes an excess of
insulin “rejected” by the cell to float freely in the blood
stream.
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"Researchers agree that insulin
resistance is central to the metabolic syndrome. When target
cells are unresponsive to insulin, the pancreas responds by
pouring even more insulin into the bloodstream, leading to high
levels of the hormone in the blood, a condition called
compensatory hyperinsulinemia. The high level of insulin in the
blood forces glucose into cells but also starts the events
leading to arterial damage and eventually a heart attack. Under
these conditions, a person may not manifest either diabetes or
heart disease but could well be on the way to either or both."
"I wanted to let you know how much I
appreciate your caring advice and guiding me towards taking control of my health.
It's hard to express in
words how long I have been trying to find the answers you have so easily
provided for me.
I am so excited about the positive changes in my health and I
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MS
Stuarts Draft, VA
"Simply losing 5-7% of your body fat (typically 10-15 pounds) and increasing your physical activity by taking a brisk walk 4-5 times a week can reduce your risk of developing Type
II Diabetes by almost 60%."
"I started your product and found
it really boosts my system,
helping me get off ground zero, and stop the spiral downwards.
It gave me the
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"A non-pharmacologic treatment for these
patients is needed, since drugs prescribed to lower blood
pressure have been shown to actually worsen carbohydrate and
lipid metabolism in Syndrome X patients, negating the beneficial
effects of those drugs."
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Bakersfield, CA
"...approximately 90% of
overweight Hispanic children with a family history for type 2 diabetes have at least one
feature of the metabolic syndrome and 30% possess the metabolic syndrome.
Our results support the view that improving insulin resistance may be crucial in the prevention
of both type 2 diabetes and premature cardiovascular disease in this at-risk subpopulation
of Hispanic youth."
This breakthrough in understanding the body’s biochemistry
remains relatively unknown, even though Insulin Resistance has
reached epidemic proportions. Your doctor may not have explained
the crucial link between Insulin Resistance and Metabolic
Syndrome. You need to understand this link in order to help
reverse the symptoms of your condition.
If you have too few receptor sites, glucose bounces off the cell
wall, instead of passing through the insulin door to be burned
as energy. With the cell door almost closed to it, glucose
remains in the blood stream, causing elevated levels of blood
sugar, which are sent to the liver. Once there, the sugar is
converted into fat and carried via the blood stream throughout
the body. This process can lead to weight gain and obesity.
