Insulin resistance

decreased insulin production, and/or insulin resistance. Insulin is important in permitting glucose to be absorbed by the cells of the body from the blood stream. There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, both of which involve deficient transporting abilities of glucose into cells, but via differing mechanisms. Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insulin deficiency. It is an autoimmune disease that leads to self-eradication of the pancreatic beta-cells that are responsible for insulin…

According to (Brown 2008), diabetes is a chronic disease whereby the body (pancreas) is unable to produce enough insulin effectively or use the produced insulin. The primary purpose of the insulin is to regulate the blood sugar and therefore if it doesn’t function efficiently, the glucose (a form of sugar) builds up in the blood resulting in high blood sugar levels in the body which can cause complications. The sugar level should not be too high or too low. For instance, when it goes above the…

confusion, diaphoresis, hunger, nausea, vomiting, and palpitations (Diabetes Prevention Program, R. G. 2005). One of the causes of hypoglycemia is administering insulin above the require amounts. Their needs to be a balance between the amounts of sugar available even when insulin is being used to lower glucose levels. Overdose of insulin will cause hypoglycemia. Not enough food in the body can also cause hypoglycemia. Excessive exercising will also lead to hypoglycemia due the fact that…

the adverse effects of excess glucose in the body (hyperglycaemia) – the β cells will primary be studied as these act to lower blood glucose within the body. The cells do this by releasing a hormone known as insulin. [10] Figure 1 – Insulin Secretion [3] The above image shows insulin secretion stimulated by glucose. There is an uptake of glucose by the carrier protein GLUT2 when glucose levels increase in the blood [4]. GLUT 2 is found within the B-cells of the pancreas. The…

cases in which the insulin is absent, little insulin or the function of insulin is impaired or not functioning. The insulin is produced and secreted by cells in the pancreas. Insulin also stimulates gluconeogenesis is that inhibits lysis regulates glycogen and protein synthesis. Pancreatic glucagon stimulates the breakdown of glycogen and gluconeogenesis. Cortisol promotes gluconeogenesis and Epinephrine is a neurotransmitter that increases the breakdown of glycogen. The insulin stimulates the…

younger people. The symptoms for this type develop gradually and may take even weeks or months before you find out. In this diabetes type the insulin is still secreted but the amount secreted is not enough. The cells of the liver and muscle do not use insulin in a proper manner as they become insulin resistant. Diabetes Type 2 is also known as non-insulin dependent diabetes or maturity onset. This is quite common among obese and over weight people. Type 2 diabetes is said to be caused by genetic…

characterized by hormonal imbalance, hirsutism, amenorrhea, chronic oligo- anovulation, and morphologically abnormal ovaries with numerous small follicular cysts (Banaszewska et al. 2006). PCOS show an increased prevalence of hyperandrogenism, obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes. Thirty-eight to 88% of women with PCOS are overweight or obese (Balen, A. H. 1995; Legro, R. S. 2000). Hyperandrogenism in PCOS patients influences the pathophysiology of adipose tissue, because excess androgen…

Point 1: (Diagnosis) Type 2 diabetes is when insulin resistance causes blood glucose levels to rise over 126 mg/dL after 8 hours of fasting. The article mentions that type 2 diabetes is directly linked to increased levels of obesity and decreased levels of physical activity, and the people at a high risk are those who are overweight, eat unhealthily, and are highly inactive. Osmotic diuresis, a plasma glucose level of more than 200 mg/dL, an HbA1C value of more than 6.5%, and high triglyceride…

ABSTRACT: Muscle hypertrophy refers to increase in muscular size caused by expansion or increasing count of myofibrils (hyperplasia) within skeletal muscles. Resistance-based training causes microtrauma within myocytes of target muscles. Damage to muscle cells induce activation of myosatellite cells, which proliferate as myoblast [1]. Myoblasts differentiate and recover damaged cells as they fuse with the tissues, making the cell more durable than the original state. Satellite cells may…

diabetes since it runs on my father’s side of the family. Diabetes is a widespread disease that does not allow the body’s ability to produce or use insulin which is a hormone that allows glucose turn into energy. There are two types of diabetes; diabetes 1 causes the body to make little or no insulin and diabetes 2 makes the body resistant to insulin. Both types of diabetes can greatly increase a person's risk for a range of serious complications that can strike anyone. Sign/Symptoms of the…