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"A more serious insulin resistance is known as type 2 diabetes. The clinical signs of type 2 diabetes include elevated blood sugar levels and insulin resistance. Cell membranes have insulin receptors. The sensitivity of this receptor to insulin can be improved by chromium. Insulin binds to the insulin receptor in the cell membrane to activate the receptor, as seen in Figure 13-4. The activation of the insulin receptor enables glucose and chromium to enter the cell. Chromium binds to the insulin receptor and enhances its activity. With available chromium, more glucose enters the cell." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"From there, scientists have hypothesized that insulin resistance may be responsible for colon cancer.77-82 insulin resistance was described in chapter six as a diabetic condition. And what's good for keeping insulin resistance under control is also good for colon cancer: a diet of whole, plant-based foods. This diet happens to be very high in carbohydrates, which have recently been under assault in the marketplace. Because carbohydrate-confusion persists, let me remind you that there are two different types of carbohydrates: refined carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Since leaving the bush some years before, all ten had developed type 2 diabetes; they also showed signs of insulin resistance (when the body's cells lose their sensitivity to insulin) and elevated levels of triglycerides in the blood—a risk factor for heart disease. " - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Obesity is inextricably linked with Type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis, and is closely associated with liver disease, orthopedic problems, insulin resistance, depression, hypertension, sleep apnea, and asthma. There is also evidence that obesity is significantly higher among children with ADHD symptoms. Obesity appears to be particularly linked to problems with the D-4 dopamine receptor, the receptor that's most closely associated with ADHD symptoms. It's theorized that problems with this receptor interfere with feelings of satiety, or satisfaction after eating." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Furthermore, it now appears as if insulin resistance is often triggered by inflammation. Therefore, inflammation is now linked closely to both obesity and diabetes. Inflammation has also been linked to many forms of cancer, and is intimately associated with autism, ADHD, and asthma. Another common disorder that has been linked to inflammation is atherosclerosis, or plaque build-up in the arteries. Atherosclerosis is now often present in children, particularly obese children, although it was very rare in previous generations." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "In that regard, thyroid hormones are somewhat like the hormone insulin: You can have plenty of insulin in your bloodstream, but if it's not moving glucose into your cells, due to a condition such as insulin resistance, you've got a problem. Too often, however, when doctors look for thyroid problems, the only thing they do is check the blood level of thyroid hormones. With this limited testing, they can accurately diagnose laboratory-proven hypothyroidism, but they often miss the signs and symptoms of a milder form of the disorder, that I refer to as functional hypothyroidism." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"So it causes insulin resistance, which is diabetes, and it causes high cholesterol levels. And those two destroy the health of kids. And we're having a lot of children with those problems now." The diabetes epidemic is reversible, but only if we take immediate measures to improve our children's diets and exercise habits. We can save them from a lifetime of discomfort and disease by teaching them healthy lifestyle habits at the very beginning." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"They are: ?insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction and how they relate to diabetes. A core understanding of this relationship is often lacking in people who have diabetes and it is often not explained by physicians to their patients. ?oxidative stress, which has a devastating impact on both metabolic and cardiovascular function in people who have prediabetes or diabetes. ?glycation, AGEs (advanced glycation end products), and ALEs (advanced lipoxidation end products), known collectively as glycotoxins, which can cause irreversible damage in people with diabetes." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"It helps decrease insulin resistance, aids in weight loss and sugar cravings. It is also said to reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in patients with diabetes. Typical dosage of chromium is 200 to 800 mgs per day with meals. • Vanadium is a trace element that helps improve blood glucose levels in both type 1 and 2 diabetics. It is a little studied mineral; however it is gaining more popularity and research interest. Vanadyl sulfate is the type of vanadium that lowers the blood glucose levels. Typical dosage is 30 to 300 megs per day." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Adding omega-3 s to the diet of rats has been shown to protect them against insulin resistance. (The same effect has not been duplicated in humans, however.) The theory is that omega-3s increase the permeability of the cell's membranes and its rate of metabolism. (Hummingbirds have tons of omega-3s in their cell membranes; big mammals much less.) A cell with a rapid metabolism and permeable membrane should respond particularly well to insulin, absorbing more glucose from the blood to meet its higher energy requirements." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Various aspects of insulin resistance are associated with increased CRP, particularly waist circumference. Inner abdominal fat generates interleukin-6, a protein that stimulates the liver to produce CRP. Fibrinogen Fibrinogen is a coagulation-regulating protein that converts into fibrin, the fibrous substance that binds with aggregated platelets to form clots. It also determines the stickiness and viscosity of your blood. At a normal level, it promotes the clotting necessary to stop bleeding when you've been injured. But too much of this otherwise good thing is dangerous." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"It turns out that "a higher intake of trans fat can contribute to increased risk of CHD through multiple mechanisms"; to wit, it raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol (something not even the evil saturated fats can do); it increases triglycerides, a risk factor for CHD; it promotes inflammation and possibly thrombogenesis (clotting) , and it may promote insulin resistance. Trans fat is really bad stuff, apparently, fully twice as bad as saturated fat in its impact on cholesterol ratios." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Not only does exercise reduce cravings for cigarettes, but it seems to dramatically improve endurance and fitness, decreases body fat stores, and decrease insulin resistance. A prospective study of Japanese men concluded that age of smoking initiation and number of cigarettes smoked were major risk factors for developing diabetes.78 Similarly, data from the U.S. Cancer Prevention Study found that as smoking increased so the rate of diabetes increased for both men and women." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Overweight and Obesity It is important to understand overweight and obesity, taken together or separately, as a reflection of the Culture of Death diet and lifestyle, as an underlying cause of insulin resistance and diabetes. Data from the CDC shows that among diabetics, 82.1 percent are overweight or obese, and 48.1 percent are obese based on self-reported height and weight. Overweight or obesity is a precondition for many of the preventable causes of death now experienced in the developed world." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Preliminary research shows that building testosterone to normal values reduces insulin resistance.110 When we add testosterone, it lowers SHBG; and that lowers insulin levels. Lower SHBG improves the testosterone and estrogen ratio. Testosterone also lowers insulin and decreases obesity. So we have a whole other mechanism. Perhaps this is telling us how little we know about the whole hyperinsulinism syndrome, but it gives us a clue. There is not much research about testosterone and women in this system, so there is little we can say about it." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "A high soy intake and potentially lower level of LH increases the probability of estrogen dominance in men, contributing to hair loss, swollen and cancerous prostates,34,35 and insulin resistance. Dorris Rapp, MD, a leading pediatric allergist, asserts that environmental and food estrogens are responsible for the worldwide reduction in male fertility.36 For women, female children fed the estrogens in soy formula and products hit puberty early, sometimes as young as age 6 to 8." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Vitamin D deficiency also depletes muscle, which reduces your fat-burning machinery and worsens insulin resistance. Acid excess in the diet promotes the hormonal changes that lead to obesity. But normalizing vitamin D and neutralizing diet acid can break this cycle. Fighting the Metabolic Syndrome If you have three or more of the following, you have metabolic syndrome. ?Big waist (waist size: more than 40 inches in men; more than 35 inches in women) ?Elevated blood triglycerides: 150 or more ?Low HDL (good cholesterol): men, lower than 40; women, lower than 50 ?" - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Low levels or an obvious deficiency can worsen insulin resistance. Research clearly supports the benefits of magnesium supplementation on glucose metabolism. For example, a 2003 study published in the journal Diabetes Care shows that magnesium supplementation in patients with type 2 diabetes significantly improved insulin sensitivity, blood glucose control, and blood pressure. Strong evidence in support of magnesium supplementation and its role in metabolic health is found in several large studies that evaluated data from more than 170,000 people." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"In another study they correlated with increased insulin resistance (one factor in the development of diabetes) and elevated glucose levels. If we replace our negative reactions with joy that comes from living our centralities, we stand ourselves in good stead. If you're currently dealing with an illness that gets in the way of your Centralities, can you figure out new ways to integrate them back into your life? Or are there other passions or interests that might work better? Terry's story highlights the beauty of finding innovative ways to count on our existing Centralities like old friends." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"A human study also showed improved insulin resistance when sweet potatoes were included in the diet. MEMORY ENHANCEMENT: Rats who ate purple-fleshed sweet potatoes showed significant improvement in cognitive function, which may be attributed to the anthocyanins present in the potato. CANCER: A cell study showed that sweet potatoes have unique cancer-fighting properties. BREAST CANCER: A case-control study found that those women who consumed more beta-carotene-rich foods had lower rates of breast cancer. Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of beta-carotene." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "The effects of grapefruit on weight and insulin resistance: relationship to the metabolic syndrome. J Med Food. 2006;9:49-54. Gao K, Henning SM, Niu Y, Youssefian AA, Seeram NP, Xu A, Heber D. The citrus flavonoid naringenin stimulates DNA repair in prostate cancer cells. / Nutr Biochem. 2006;17:89-95. Gorinstein S et al. Red grapefruit positively influences serum triglyceride level in patients suffering from coronary atherosclerosis: Studies in vitro and in humans. J Agric Food Chem. 2006;54:1887-1892. Staudte H, Sigusch BW, Glockmann E." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "WEIGHT LOSS: One study found that obese individuals who consumed one half of a fresh grapefruit before meals for twelve weeks lost a significant amount of weight and had improvements in insulin resistance associated with metabolic syndrome. A fad diet based on eating grapefruits was developed in Hollywood, California, and first became popular in the 1930s, making a later resurgence in the 1970s. Medical and nutritional experts found it to be nutritionally incomplete and unsound." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Cocoa reduces blood pressure and insulin resistance and improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in hypertensives. Hypertension. 2005 Aug; 46(2):398-405. Grassi D et al. Short-term administration of dark chocolate is followed by a significant increase in insulin sensitivity and a decrease in blood pressure in healthy persons. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Mar;81(3):611-614. Heinrich U, Neukam K, Tronnier H, Sies H, Wilhelm S. Long-term ingestion of high flavanol cocoa provides photoprotection against UV-induced erythema and improves skin condition in women. Journal of Nutrition. 2006;136:1-5." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"WARNING SIGN Women with excess androgens from such conditions as PCOS or Cushing's syndrome are at increased risk for uterine cancer, insulin resistance, and high cholesterol levels. PCOS may also be an early warning sign of heart disease. Hirsutism can signal another kind of hormonal disorder, known as Cushing's syndrome or hypercortisolism. Rather than being androgen-driven (as in PCOS), the excessive SIGNIFICANT FACT hair growth of Cushing's is due to the adrenal glands producing too much of the stress hormone Cortisol." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Low blood sugar in the cells can result from insulin resistance, the condition that is often triggered by inflammation. Therefore, antiinflammatory foods and supplements can help. The most frequent cause of hypoglycemia is a poor diet, too high in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates, which consist of either sugar or starch, travel through the digestive system very quickly, and can cause a spike of high blood sugar, which then can result in a slump of low blood sugar." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"More commonly, it's seen in people who are obese, in which case it may point to insulin resistance. It's often an important early warning sign of diabetes. In (PCOS), the most common hormonal disorder in women of reproductive age and a leading cause of infertility. (See Chapter 1.) AN is also sometimes seen in people with Cushing's syndrome, a hormone disorder of the adrenal glands. (See Black-and-Blue Marks, above)." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"A significant reduction in fasting blood glucose levels as well as insulin resistance was noted, along with improvement in insulin sensitivity. A fascinating notation was made that Astaxanthin actually decreased the size of fat cells. "These results suggest that astaxanthin ameliorates insulin resistance by mechanisms involving the increase of glucose uptake, and by modulating the level of circulating lipid metabolites and adiponectin" (Hussein, et al, 2006). Lastly, a recent study in diabetic mice showed that expression levels of genes extracted from the kidneys were decreased by Astaxanthin." - Bob Capelli, ASTAXANTHIN: Natural Astaxanthin, King of the Carotenoids (Get the book.)

"Its symptoms are eerily similar to those of chronic stress: weight gain around the midsection; breaking down muscle tissue to produce unnecessary glucose and then fat; insulin resistance and possibly diabetes; panic attacks, anxiety, depression, and increased risk of heart disease. One of the many correlations Starkman has shown is that the extent of hip-pocampal shrinkage and memory loss is directly proportional to elevations in Cortisol. While chronic stress is bullying the hippocampus—pruning its dendrites, killing its neurons, and preventing neurogenesis—the amygdala is having a field day." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "And a sedentary lifestyle exacerbates this decline: high levels of Cortisol, insulin resistance, and excess fatty acids in the bloodstream all clamp down further on the hormone's release. HGH is the body's master craftsman, burning belly fat, layering on muscle fiber, and pumping up brain volume. Researchers believe it can reverse the loss of brain volume that naturally occurs as you age. Athletes such as Olympic sprinters and football players are essentially spiking their levels of HGH when they do interval training, doping the natural way." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"High-fat diets add to the problem, as fat-filled cells release fats into the bloodstream, triggering insulin release that can lead to insulin resistance and eventual diabetes. The U.S. is not alone in this unabated increase in type 2 diabetes; dramatic increases have also occurred in developing nations. For instance, on the Pacific island of Nauru, where diabetes was virtually unknown forty years ago, 40% of the adult population is now afflicted with the disease." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

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