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Old Sat, Aug-09-03, 15:59
wcollier wcollier is offline
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Plan: Healthy eating/lifestyle
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Default Insulin Sensitive vs. Insulin Resistant

This is easier to read in chart-form on page 112 of SPII. It should give a general idea of your own Insulin Sensitivity vs. Insulin Resistance, although fasting insulin levels should ideally be done.

Insulin Sensitive to Full-Blown Insulin-Resistant: A Metabolic Continuum

Insulin Sensitive
Insulin Levels: Fluctuate appropriately. Are low after a 12-hour fast and in between meals.

Symptoms of Hypoglycemia: Can occur especially after eating a meal high in refined carbohydrates.

Weight Gain: You can gain weight if you eat poorly but not usually a rapid fat weight gain.

Triglyceride Levels:Triglyceride levels are normal after a 12-hour fast.

Partial Insulin Resistance
Insulin Levels: Fluctuate, but not as high or as low. However are still low after a 12-hour fast and in between meals.

Symptoms of Hypoglycemia: Does not usually occur. You get symptoms of hypoglycemia when you are insulin sensitive.

Weight Gain: It is easier to gain fat weight now.

Triglyceride Levels: Triglyceride levels are normal after a 12-hour fast.

Full-Blown Insulin Resistance
Insulin Levels: Do not fluctuate normally. Insulin levels remain inappropriately high after a 12-hour fast and in between meals.

Symptoms of Hypoglycemia: Does not occur b/c of insulin resistance.

Weight Gain: You already have fat weight around your midsection and are less likely to put on weight very quickly now.

Triglyceride Levels: Triglyceride levels are high after a 12-hour fast. Do not diagnose yourself as insulin-resistant from your triglyceride blood test alone.
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