Type 2 diabetics are told their condition results from insulin resistance, that insulin resistance is a forerunner to type 2 diabetes. But insulin resistance is usually given a circular definition such as "insulin resistance is resistance to insulin." So, what is insulin resistance really?
If you have a good idea why the body needs antioxidants, you can easily understand insulin resistance.
glucose is the most important fuel for the mitochondria, the "furnaces" inside every cell
the mitochondria are the principal energy source of the cell and converts nutrients into energy as well as doing many other specialized tasks
cells use glucose to make the energy storage molecule ATP. They can store energy from "burning" glucose with the help of oxygen, or they can make energy from glucose even without oxygen
The first process is known as aerobic respiration. The second process is known as anaerobic respiration... anaerobic respiration requires about 30 times as much glucose as aerobic respiration. That's why any kind of exercise that induces the feeling of a burn in your muscles, or that causes you to get out of breath, is so good for lowering your blood sugar levels.
About one in ten million oxygen molecules escapes the mitochondria and becomes a free radical. These toxic forms of oxygen can damage your cell's outer lining. They can cause mutations in your DNA and they can wreak havoc with the biochemical processes that keep your cells alive.
The more glucose your cell burns, the more oxygen molecules escape normal channels, and the more damage is done to your cell or cells. To protect themselves from a flood of glucose when blood sugar levels are high, cells become resistant to insulin. This protects them from free radical damage.
This is why antioxidants, such as vitamin C and alpha-lipoic acid, can actually lower your blood sugar levels slightly. Antioxidants make it possible for cells to stay healthy without becoming quite as resistant to insulin.
In most cases of type 2 diabetes, however, insulin resistance becomes a self-sustaining process. Cells resist insulin, so glucose stays in your bloodstream. The pancreas senses high blood sugar levels, so it releases more insulin. In turn, cells have to become even more resistant to insulin, blood sugar levels go even higher, and your pancreas produces even more insulin... until at some point the insulin-producing beta cells "burn out".
Reversing the process of insulin resistance is key to managing and even reversing your type 2 diabetes. Medication, diet, and nutritional supplements all help, especially a vegan raw foods diet to reverse type 2 diabetes.
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