Insulin; It is a hormone released from the pancreas that helps to lower blood sugar, which enables the intake and use of sugar in tissues that use blood sugar, such as muscle, fat and liver.
Insulin resistance; It is the state of resistance with decreased sensitivity to insulin, which plays a key role in the transport of sugar to the tissues.
In insulin resistance, the uptake, use and burning of sugar in the tissues decreases and becomes more difficult. This causes more insulin to be released from the pancreas. The pancreas secretes more insulin and doubles its work for the use of sugar by the tissues. This situation both reduces the insulin reserve and prepares a suitable environment for the formation of chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension and atherosclerosis.
Insulin resistance occurs as a result of genetic predisposition, sedentary lifestyle, and unhealthy diet.
Increasing sedentary lifestyle, consumption of refined foods and the tendency to “fast food” diet are the factors that promote diabetes and obesity accompanying insulin resistance. Unfortunately, this diet and lifestyle is a picture that we often encounter today.
Main symptoms of insulin resistance:
1- Being above the ideal load with rapid weight gain in the last 6 months – 1 year. Rapidly increasing adiposity, especially in the abdominal region, increases the risk of insulin resistance.
2- As a result of the tissues failing to benefit from blood sugar adequately, the feeling of hunger continues after ‘quick hungry-late satiety’ meals, especially sugar-flour products such as chocolate, candy, biscuits, cake, cookies (which mixes quickly with the blood and raises blood sugar). ) a tendency to consume foods
3- Tremors in the hands and feet, blackout, cold sweat and/or feeling of faintness,
4- Decreased desire to move, frequent sleepiness Being caught in the vicious circle of inactivity and wrong eating habits
5- Increased desire to be thirsty in proportion to increasing blood sugar, frequent dry mouth
When you observe such situations and if there are obese/diabetic people in the family, you may experience insulin resistance. must be suspected.
In this direction, you should have your insulin-insulin resistance checked by a specialist doctor and seek help from a dietitian to regain your ideal burden and health.
