Hyperinsulinemia and diabetes

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Hyperinsulinemia

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Hyperinsulinemia is an endocrine disorder

characterized

by a failure of our Blood Sugar Control System

(BSCS) to work properly. It manifests when Insulin progressively

loses its effectiveness in sweeping the blood Glucose from the blood

stream

into the sixty seven trillion or so cells that constitute our bodies.

Insulin

levels in the blood rapidly rise to damaging levels and, together with

the resulting elevated Glucose levels, account for much of the damage

to

our Arteries and Vascular system. When Insulin loses its effectiveness

this loss is not due to any change in the Insulin produced by the

Pancreas.

It is due to a change in the cellular metabolism of almost every cell

in

our body. Although our Insulin has not changed, our cell metabolism has

changed. Our cells no longer respond to blood borne Insulin signalling

as they should.

Our Blood Sugar Control System works like any type

0,

negative feedback system to maintain our blood sugar at a predetermined

setpoint. This setpoint is below the threshold where excess Glucose can

cause Vascular damage. And the Insulin required to do this is normally

below the threashold where it will cause Arterial or Vascular damage.

When

the Blood Sugar Control System is working right, it automatically,

without

our concious knowledge, maintains correct blood sugar with a minimum

amount

of Insulin whether we have just eaten a meal or been fasting and

exercising

for a week.

When our system starts to exhibit Hyperinsulinemia,

our

Pancreatic Beta cells simply increase Insulin production and for a time

this maintains our ability to swiftly lower post prandial (after

eating)

blood Glucose. For a time this maintains normal Glucose levels, albeit

by the secretion of these abnormally high Insulin levels.

At some point during the progressive loss of

effectiveness

of Insulin, our Pancreatic Beta cells may no longer produce enough

Insulin

to manage normal post prandial and fasting Glucose. This may occur

because

our Pancreas becomes exhausted by trying to maintain abnormally high

Insulin

levels needed. It may occur because the progressive failure of our

cellular

metabolism has created a chronic demand for Insulin beyond what even a

healthy Pancreas can supply. In either event, when this happens Type

2 diabetes is diagnosed. Of course, Hyperinsulinemia has been

around

for some while, often for a long while, by the time this diagnosis is

made.

The fat and oils connection to Hyperinsulinemia, and

thus

to all of the diseases mentioned on our home page, clearly parallels

the

rise of the Hydrogenated and Refined fats and oils business. Although

not

well known outside of research circles, (for reasons that are probably

economic), the connection between artificial fats and oils and the

Hyperinsulinemic

destruction of vital functions is now well established. Recent advances

in the the study of appropriate cellular biochemical pathways have been

most revealing.

To stop and reverse the progress of Hyperinsulinemia

the

following dietary steps are mandatory:

 

Do not eat any hydrogenated oils or any prepared

foods

that contain them as ingredients.

Do not eat any unsaturated or refined vegetable

oil that

comes in a transparent bottle on a room temperature grocery store

shelf.

Cold pressed olive oil, coconut oil and Sesame seed oil are the only

exceptions

to this blanket rule.

Do not eat any oil that has been used in deep

frying

or that has been heated in cooking except butter and coconut oil. Do

not

eat any deep fried foods at all.

Add one or two tablespoons full of cold pressed

flax

oil or fish oil to the daily diet. Do not cook with this oil. Keep it

refrigerated

when not in use.

Supplement the diet with a good vitamin and

chelated

mineral complex from a reputable manufacturer. If you don't know one,

get

a recommendation from your local Naturopath or Chiropractor. Be sure to

get Chromium, Vanadium, Calcium, Magnesium, and the trace minerals in

the

mix.

 

The program outlined above has a track record of

reversing

Hyperinsulinemia and the Type 2 diabetes that often accompanies it. In

our Special Report, Insulin: Our Silent Killer, we are able to

expand,

explain and elaborate upon this protocol and present useful tricks and

techniques to assure its speedy success in the vast majority of cases.

However, there is another problem that must be faced

when

curing this disease. It is this: during that part of the cure cycle

when

elevated blood Glucose and Insulin levels are manifest, the body is

being

slowly destroyed by these agents. This period may last for many weeks

or

months dependent upon how long the disease has been allowed to run

rampant

before a cure is attempted. During this period of time it is of the

utmost

importance to use all measures available to keep blood sugar and

Insulin

levels as low as possible so as to minimize the damage. The following

list

of techniques can be of considerable help in doing this:

 

Select foods with a low Glycemic Index from a

glycemic

table. Our Special Report contains a Glycemic Index with

instructions

for use and much more

information on this. Do not

depend upon food exchanges; they don't work. They are based on the idea

that food may be exchanged on the basis of equal calorie content and

ignore

that fact that, while calories are important, the glycemic value is far

more important to the diabetic.

Use fiber in the diet as much as practical. It

reduces

the "rate effect" of Blood Sugar Control System perturbation

and helps keep post prandial Glucose in check. Our Special Report

elaborates upon the types of fiber and on how and why fiber works to

control

blood sugar.

Develop the habit of exercise at least twice a

day. Work

for twenty minutes or until you begain to perspire. Do not do aerobic

exercises

if your Arterial system has been compromised. Our Special Report

discusses the additional non-Insulin dependent pathway that exercise

opens

for Glucose disposal.

Investigate the use of herbs such as Gymnema

Sylvestre

to help keep blood glucose low. We have more on

this Herb as well as over thirty additional hypoglycemic herbs in our Special

Report.

Test for allergic reactions when you eat by

taking your

pulse. When you eat a food to which you are allergic, your pulse rate

will

escalate at least 10 beats per minute. Don't eat any food to which you

are allergic. This technology, too, is expanded and elaborated upon in

our Special Report.

As a last resort, consult with your doctor

regarding

the use of Vanadium Sulfate and other oral hypoglycemic synthetic

drugs.

Be sure that you understand the side effects of these before you commit

to using them. Our Special Report, Insulin: Our Silent Killer

discusses

rather thoroughly the pros and cons of these medications. It is very

useful

information to have if you need to discuss these issues with your

physician.

 

In the beginning of the recovery program is is best

to

remove fats and oils, except flax seed oil, or other oil containing a

high

percentage of W3 fatty acids, from the diet as completely as possible.

Later, when the Hyperinsulinemia has started to reverse, it is ok to

gradually

restore fats and oils, good fats and oils only, to as much as fifteen

percent

of the calories consumed.

This program will, relatively quickly, reverse

Hyperinsulinemia,

Type 2 diabetes and some of the other symptomatic diseases caused by

Hyperinsulinemia.

In my case, my Type 2 diabetes was reversed in 103 days from start to

finish.

At the start my fasting blood sugar was 368mg/dl. At the end of the

program

it varied between 75 and 85 mg/dl.

This program will remove much stress from the

components

of the Blood Sugar Control System; over a period of time they too will

be restored to youthful function. This includes the Liver, Pancreas,

Adrenals,

Thyroid and the interior transport agents in each cell of our body.

This program will slow and in some cases reverse

Vascular

damage and Gangrenous damage to our extremities. There are faster ways

to reverse this sort of damage which is thoroughly discussed in our Special

Report.

This program will, over time, revcrse much of the

Neuropathic

damage to the nervous system.

It will reverse Atherosclerosis too, but may take

years

to do it. But here too, there are faster and better ways to reverse

Atherosclerosis

which we cover in our Special Report.

Although this brief discussion of Hyperinsulinemia

has

been carefully designed to provide the basic information needed to

reverse

the condition, a great deal more information is

available, in our Special Report, for those who prefer to have a

reference book handy. The theory here is that more detail may be needed

to assure a comfortable understanding than is practical to include in a

web page.

References:

 

Lepsanovic L. et al, "[Hyperinsulinemia as a key factor in the

development of many metabolic disorders]. Med Pregl 1997

Nov;50(11-12):469-472

Nagasaki K, et al, "Relationship between hyperinsulinemia and

risk factors of atherosclerosis.", Jpn J Med 1986 Aug;25(3):270-277

Sheu WH, et al, "Insulin resistance, glucose intolerance,and

hyperinsulinemia.

Hypertriglyceridemia vs hyperl emia.", Arterioscler Thromb 1993

Mar;13(3):367-370

Reaven GM, et al, "Diabetic hypertriglyceridemia.", Am J

Med Sci 1975 May;269(3):382-389

Folsom AR, et al, "Relation between plasma phospholipid saturated

fatty acids and hyperinsulinemia.", Metabolism 1996 Feb;45(2):223-228

 

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