Insulin Resistance

Whenever I have questions up on my head, I do researches about them. Because I had doubts about my insulin resistance before I went to the doctor, I made some researches about that. I wanted to wright on here in order not to forget and to take a look when I need.

I cannot assure that this information is correct, or the sources I have been looking up might misleaded me.  Do not do anything without consultation of your doctor !

Insulin resistance is when cells in your muscles, body fat and liver start resisting or ignoring the signal that the hormone insulin is trying to send out

Insulin is a pancreas hormone that makes cells absorb the important energy source that is blood sugar, called glucose.

While this regulation happens in body, insulin becomes active by connecting to a structure that is called ”insulin receptors” in medical language.

”Insulin receptor” as called in medical language, will not allow insulin to connect due to a lot of reasons, while there is insulin in blood, it will not be active and do its job. This situation is called ”Insulin Resistance”.

Symptoms Of Insulin Resistance

• Frequent craving for sweets,   
• Constant hunger,
• Hand  shaking and sweating due to rapid decrasing of blood sugar after meal
• Increasing width on waist area
• Gaining weight
• Not being able to lose weight
• Mensturation irregularity on women
• Fatiuge and weakness
• Insomnia
• Fat accumulation on liver

These symptoms are seen on people with insulin resistance. If you have these symptoms you should have your insulin resistance test run and consult an expert.

Treatment of Insulin Resistance

You will frequently hear these phrases a lot:

”I get hungry quite a lot”

”I can never lose weight”

One of the pillars of treatment of insulin resistance is eating healthy and living healthy. Eating healthy, having a stable sleeping pattern and doing exercise is really important on this matter. Treatment should be implemented according to the patients age, gender,physical shape and life style. In order to have a sustainable treatment, it has to be prepared especially to the person. First step of this treatment is having a insulin resistance test. If test results are higher than normal, treatment can take from 2, 3 months up to maximum of 6 months of treatment in order to lower insulin resistance to the normal levels. When insulin resistance is lowered to the normal levels, patients weight gets under control. Another plus side of treatment is preventing diabetes, heart diseases and cancer.

In insulin resistance treatments drugs are widely used and holds a great importance. Same drugs are used in diabetes treatments. Especially after patients with genetic diabetes after their insulin resistance tests, with correct treatment diabetes will be prevented.