📉Insulin resistance is a reduction in insulin signaling in some cells of the body.
📈Hyperinsulinemia refers to elevated insulin levels and often precedes insulin resistance.
📅Insulin resistance progresses to tissues like the alpha cells of the pancreas and the liver.
🏋️♂️Muscle insulin resistance decreases the muscle's ability to pull in glucose.
🔀Conventional clinical focus on glucose levels overlooks the underlying insulin resistance.
What is insulin resistance?
—Insulin resistance is a phenomenon where insulin signaling is reduced in some cells of the body.
What is hyperinsulinemia?
—Hyperinsulinemia refers to elevated insulin levels and often precedes insulin resistance.
How does insulin resistance progress?
—Insulin resistance can progress to tissues like the alpha cells of the pancreas and the liver.
How does insulin resistance affect muscle?
—Muscle insulin resistance decreases the muscle's ability to pull in glucose.
Why is measuring insulin levels important?
—Measuring insulin levels can provide insight into underlying insulin resistance and its impact on health problems.
00:00Insulin resistance is the reduction in insulin signaling in some cells of the body.
08:00Insulin resistance progresses to tissues like the alpha cells of the pancreas and the liver.
09:30Muscle insulin resistance decreases the muscle's ability to pull in glucose.
09:57Conventional clinical focus on glucose levels overlooks the underlying insulin resistance.
