Say “insulin” and most of us tend to think of diabetes. Type II diabetes—representing over 90% of all diabetic cases, occurs when insulin-receptor sites on the cells become insensitive to the hormone. When this happens, insulin can’t bind to the cells and release blood sugar into them, and both blood sugar and blood-insulin levels remain elevated. The fact remains that well over 80 percent of type II diabetics are also over fat, with many categorized as chronically obese.
“Diabesity” is a commonly used expression that infers a strong connection between excess body fat and type II diabetes. Researchers have known about this correlation for many years, however, they have never been able to pinpoint the exact mechanism by which this condition occurs. Many theories linking the cause of type II diabetes to obesity exist, but only a few have been scientifically validated.
Any health practitioner will tell you that the best way to avoid full blown diabetes is by losing excess body fat. Losing excess fat enhances insulin sensitivity within the cells of the body—in turn, reducing the bodies need to overproduce insulin (hyperinsulinemia).
In January of 2001, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia announced the discovery of protein believed to be the hidden link between type II diabetes and obesity. The peptide, resistin (for resistance to insulin)—produced by the body’s fat cells—was shown to impair blood sugar control and insulin action when given to healthy mice and enhance blood sugar control and insulin action when it was inhibited in obese mice. Resistin levels have been shown to be greatly elevated in obesity.
Over the last decade, researchers have found that the overall amount of fat we carry is not nearly as important as where the majority of that fat is located. The amount of fat we carry in our abdominal region appears to play a pivotal role in the development of type II diabetes. It turns out that resistin levels appear to be high in human abdominal fat cells, which could explain the increased risk of type II diabetes in abdominally obese individuals.
Even though nearly one million people are diagnosed with diabetes each and every year, it is believed that many more individuals are unaware that they are living with this devastating condition. Research shows that we can, at the very least, eliminate our chances of ever coming face-to-face with this destructive disease by following a few health promoting steps:
Eliminate all processed high-sugar food and drink from the diet—especially high fructose sweetened soft drinks and consume plenty of clean filtered water—with Xtreme X2O. (And don’t forget X2O Blast!)
Follow the life changing MetaboWize System by consuming high quality lean proteins (i.e. MetaboWize Protein-Fiber Shake (twice daily), game meat, free-range chicken, turkey, lamb, fish, organic eggs, and organic plain yogurt) with every meal to stimulate the metabolic enhancing hormone, glucagon.
Supplement with Omega 3000—fatty acids found within cold-water fish oils have been shown to increase insulin sensitivity.
Perform regular bouts of exercise, as exercising muscles have been shown to absorb up to 30 times more blood sugar than non-exercising muscles—without the aid of insulin!
