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Re: Difference between IR and Diabetes???

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:40:59 -0600 (CST)

I don't believe your insulin level has anything to do with diabetes (unless you want to argue that if you were a type one diabetic you would have an insulin level of zero...) My fasting insulin level was 19. I am not diabetic.

Insulin resistant means your body does not use its own insulin very well. Your cells are resistant to the insulin... Insulin is what is used to get energy out of your blood sugar and into the cells where it's needed (I think! it's been a while since I've tried explaining it...) Anyway, your body pumps out more and more insulin to make up for what the insulin that is there isn't doing. This excess insulin is what leads to hormone problems, weight gain, etc.

If you are very insulin resistant for a long time, your body might not be able to continue pumping out insulin... your pancreas gets exhausted from the strain, and then diabetes develops. You can be IR without having full blown diabetes. However, being IR puts you at a greater risk of diabetes.

- Jodi

At Mon, 5 Nov 2001, alvaro's wrote: >
>What is the difference between IR and Diabetes?? My insulin level (which
>was not frozen nor did I high carb) was 14...Please help

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