Re: Difference between IR and Diabetes???
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:59:48 -0800
Type 2 diabetes is when your insulin receptor sites don't recognize the
insulin and don't let it in. You can make enough insulin, but can't use it.
High insulin levels lead to those receptors wearing out. That is insulin
resistance, and eventually type 2 diabetes. So, yes, there is a relationship
between high insulin and diabetes. Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are
pre-diabetic conditions.
What you discribed as the pancreas wearing out is a later complicaton of type
2 diabetes, when the person needs not only oral meds to utilize the insulin,
but injectible insulin since it's not produced anymore.
Renee
jodi wrote:
>
> 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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Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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