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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Insulin resistance (also called hyperinsulinemia) is a physiological condition associated with diabetes and heart disease, as well as gout, erectile dysfunction, and fatty liver disease. The hallmarks of insulin resistance -- from a clinical assessment perspective -- are elevated triglycerides, reduced HDL, increased LDL-cholesterol, increased blood pressure, and abdominal obesity. Because of what has become known as the "common soil" hypothesis, insulin resistance is now recognized to link to many chronic diseases related to Type 2 diabetes, which as a group constitute the largest cost to the health care system.
By now, we are all well aware of the pandemic increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes globally. There has been a considerable increase over the past decade in the number of Type 2 diabetics in the United States, but this pales in comparison to the explosion in the numbers of diabetics in India and China. Why? The genes of the people in the United States, India, and China haven't changed in the past decade. The emerging culprits are our lifestyle, diet, and environment, all of which are changing in synchrony.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-bland/insulin-resistance_b_2856557.html
By now, we are all well aware of the pandemic increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes globally. There has been a considerable increase over the past decade in the number of Type 2 diabetics in the United States, but this pales in comparison to the explosion in the numbers of diabetics in India and China. Why? The genes of the people in the United States, India, and China haven't changed in the past decade. The emerging culprits are our lifestyle, diet, and environment, all of which are changing in synchrony.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-bland/insulin-resistance_b_2856557.html