September 11, 2017
Pramod Pathak
What is one of the common cause for the following:
1. Obesity.
2. Hypertension.
3. Type 2 Diabetes.
4. High cholesterol.
5. Rheumatoid Arthritis.
6. PCOS.
7. Prostate problems.
8. Fibroids formation.
9. Skin tags.
10. Waist more than 40 inches in men and more than 35 in women.
11. BMI more than 30.
The answer is - Insulin Resistance. This is the body's response to our bad lifestyle. This change makes body to take care of excess food or bad food. The place in the body that is affected becomes the disease.
This auto immune behaviour snowballs into the rest. It starts with disturbed hormonal balance and manifests in all those diseases that I mentioned. Each body is different and thus the disease is also different in every individual with the cause remaining one - Insulin Resistance. It takes 10 to 20 years of Insulin Resistance for a disease to manifest. So you see it is as difficult as cancer to notice it early.
It is a condition characterized by impaired biological responses to insulin. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, regulates blood glucose levels by promoting the movement of glucose into cells for energy production or into the liver and fat cells for energy storage.
Simple solution is raw food diet.
What Insulin Is & Why It Matters
Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the pancreas. When you eat a meal, your blood glucose (sugar) rises after you digest the food. Insulin goes into action, binding with your cells in order to store the glucose either in muscle as glycogen (the energy source for the muscle) or as fat. If you are healthy, the body “prefers” to replenish glycogen first, only storing excess glucose as fat if glycogen stores are topped off.
When you develop insulin resistance, the cells aren’t readily binding to insulin. The body has to pump out more insulin to get the high blood glucose that’s circulating out of the blood and where it needs to be. High insulin increases fat storage, which is one reason that high insulin levels are associated with obesity.
Why does Insulin Resistance develops.
If you watch your daily diet, every time you eat carbs, there is Insulin secretion. What all do we eat since morning for this action.
1. Tea/coffee with refined sugar and biscuits early morning.
2. Breakfast. Bread/toast/pao, butter, jam, parantha, puri, potatoes fried, juice canned or packet, poha, upma, dosa, idli, vada, uthapam, milk, dalia, etc.
3. Snacks. Pakoras, samosa, kachori, haldi ram products, tea with sugar and milk, etc.
4. Lunch. Rice and wheat roti.
5. Snacks. Same as mid morning.
6. Dinner. Rice, wheat roti, desert, icecream, milk, etc.
If you calculate the total carbs and corresponding sugar intake daily, you will realise that we at an average are eating 40 spoons of sugar. Our body can take only 5 gms of sugar daily.
This leads to Insulin Resistance in a period of 10 to 20 years. This time differs from person to person as per individual's metabolism.
Now just transpose this time period in your family, if any one in your family is suffering from any one of the diseases that I mentioned earlier.
If one generation is battling with Rheumatoid Arthritis, there will be a diabetic or hypertension suffering person in second generation. The third generation will be battling obesity or PCOS or fibroids or prostrate issues. This is because of overlapping of bad choice of food amongst the generations for 10 to 20 years.
Thus if you are suffering from any one of disease that I mentioned, there is a need to change the lifestyle of the entire family.
Now do you know chronic/genetic is a term coined by the so called intelligent doctors, but you have the control. If you are diabetic or hypertension, it is important to get Insulin Sensitivity test done for your children.
We as parents need to revisit the definition of AFFECTION.
Affection is not cheese, burgers, pizzas and chicken wings. Limit your visits to McDonald, Domino and KFC. Subways are famous for notoriety, pick your choice.
1. Obesity.
2. Hypertension.
3. Type 2 Diabetes.
4. High cholesterol.
5. Rheumatoid Arthritis.
6. PCOS.
7. Prostate problems.
8. Fibroids formation.
9. Skin tags.
10. Waist more than 40 inches in men and more than 35 in women.
11. BMI more than 30.
The answer is - Insulin Resistance. This is the body's response to our bad lifestyle. This change makes body to take care of excess food or bad food. The place in the body that is affected becomes the disease.
This auto immune behaviour snowballs into the rest. It starts with disturbed hormonal balance and manifests in all those diseases that I mentioned. Each body is different and thus the disease is also different in every individual with the cause remaining one - Insulin Resistance. It takes 10 to 20 years of Insulin Resistance for a disease to manifest. So you see it is as difficult as cancer to notice it early.
It is a condition characterized by impaired biological responses to insulin. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, regulates blood glucose levels by promoting the movement of glucose into cells for energy production or into the liver and fat cells for energy storage.
Simple solution is raw food diet.
What Insulin Is & Why It Matters
Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the pancreas. When you eat a meal, your blood glucose (sugar) rises after you digest the food. Insulin goes into action, binding with your cells in order to store the glucose either in muscle as glycogen (the energy source for the muscle) or as fat. If you are healthy, the body “prefers” to replenish glycogen first, only storing excess glucose as fat if glycogen stores are topped off.
When you develop insulin resistance, the cells aren’t readily binding to insulin. The body has to pump out more insulin to get the high blood glucose that’s circulating out of the blood and where it needs to be. High insulin increases fat storage, which is one reason that high insulin levels are associated with obesity.
Why does Insulin Resistance develops.
If you watch your daily diet, every time you eat carbs, there is Insulin secretion. What all do we eat since morning for this action.
1. Tea/coffee with refined sugar and biscuits early morning.
2. Breakfast. Bread/toast/pao, butter, jam, parantha, puri, potatoes fried, juice canned or packet, poha, upma, dosa, idli, vada, uthapam, milk, dalia, etc.
3. Snacks. Pakoras, samosa, kachori, haldi ram products, tea with sugar and milk, etc.
4. Lunch. Rice and wheat roti.
5. Snacks. Same as mid morning.
6. Dinner. Rice, wheat roti, desert, icecream, milk, etc.
If you calculate the total carbs and corresponding sugar intake daily, you will realise that we at an average are eating 40 spoons of sugar. Our body can take only 5 gms of sugar daily.
This leads to Insulin Resistance in a period of 10 to 20 years. This time differs from person to person as per individual's metabolism.
Now just transpose this time period in your family, if any one in your family is suffering from any one of the diseases that I mentioned earlier.
If one generation is battling with Rheumatoid Arthritis, there will be a diabetic or hypertension suffering person in second generation. The third generation will be battling obesity or PCOS or fibroids or prostrate issues. This is because of overlapping of bad choice of food amongst the generations for 10 to 20 years.
Thus if you are suffering from any one of disease that I mentioned, there is a need to change the lifestyle of the entire family.
Now do you know chronic/genetic is a term coined by the so called intelligent doctors, but you have the control. If you are diabetic or hypertension, it is important to get Insulin Sensitivity test done for your children.
We as parents need to revisit the definition of AFFECTION.
Affection is not cheese, burgers, pizzas and chicken wings. Limit your visits to McDonald, Domino and KFC. Subways are famous for notoriety, pick your choice.
