
- Do you put weight on around your belly?
- Do you like foods such as cereal, bread, pasta, rice, fruit, cakes and biscuits?
- Do you find it easy to gain weight and difficult to lose it?
- Are you often tired and/or need stimulants such as coffee, tea or sugar?
- Do you – or your close blood relatives – have adult onset diabetes?
- Do you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol?
What is Insulin?
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas in response to food. It signals to the cells that food has arrived and transports glucose out of the blood to be turned into energy or stored for later use.What is Insulin Resistance?
Insulin Resistance occurs when a combination of genes, diet and lifestyle cause Insulin to rise to high levels in the blood. At first this happens only after eating but over time the level remains higher than normal even when you’re not. When cells are exposed to consistently high levels of Insulin, they slowly become deaf, or resistant, to it. When someone is deaf, you need to start shouting to get a response! So your body starts releasing more Insulin than normal after a meal to get the cells to respond.How does Insulin Resistance affect weight?
