“Insulin resistance (the inability of insulin to pump enough blood sugar out of circulation into muscles or fat) creates dysfunctions that damage neurons, then damages the body’s ability to fix that damage, it appears.”
They lost me when they used the phrase’
“a high-sugar diet—a hallmark of obesity”
I can use my case, and I’m not alone, and disprove this. Diabetes is not caused exclusively by overweightness. I came back from Alaska Air Command in 1985 and was going through a series of exhaustion, urinary problems, and appetite inconsistencies. I went through the glucose test (the flat doctor pepper) and was determine diabetic, hyper. At that time I was 6 foot 1 inch and weighed 185 pounds, ran 5 miles a day, taught personnel and competed at open devision racquet ball for the military. I couldn’t have been in better shape. My older brother was the same way. He was 6 foot 9 inches and weighted 225 pounds and was working as a boat rowing guide on the snake river in Montana, same situation. Extremely in shape.
My father was adopted and we didn’t know about the diabetes he had. So obesity may be one problem, but it is created by the insulin problem down the road if you are currently taking steps to be in shape. So using it as a catch all is being deceitful.
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You are very unusual. Do you use insulin? Is your blood sugar very high? Obesity is associated with diabetes but observational research is the lowest and most unreliable form of research. Conversely weight loss is associated as becoming more insulin sensitive. On the other hand your pancreas may be in some sort of distress preventing normal insulin production. The doctors should have fully informed you on what condition you are really in. It could be serious or nothing at all.
Do you have type one or type two diabetes? They result in similar problems in the human body, but they are very different in their cause.
I think insulin resistance is more of a type two diabetes situation, and usually is accompanied by obesity. I don’t know how old you were when diagnosed, but type one diabetes can be diagnosed as late as 40 years of age, and is more of a non or low functioning pancreas, rather than insulin resistance.