New Here - Insulin Resistance

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Registered: 04-01-2004
New Here - Insulin Resistance
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Tue, 09-21-2004 - 12:48pm
Hi everyone,

I am new here and I have a few questions I hope someone can answer.

I was just diagnosed as being 'insulin resistant', my fasting glucose

level was normal (83) but my fasting insulin was 135. My edno said its

because my pancreas is working too hard to keep my sugar normal and

that if it doesn't change, I will become diabetic eventually.

Has anyone else had this? She told me the best thing to do to treat it

is excercise and low carb eating. I would just like to get some other

input on this.

Thanks!

Shelly

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 12:25am
All of us diabetics are insulin resistant with either not producing enough inuslin or none at all. So what she is telling you is that you need to begin to eat and excercise to try to keep your pancrease from burning itself out. You are lucky in that you have a warning before actually being diagnosed as diabetic, which does not happen all that often at all. So your best thing to do is get together with a good nutritionist to set up a good meal plan for you that is lower in carbs, which also fits your life style. Also do get yourself into excericising as much as at all possible to help keep you from becoming diagnosed as diabetic. So do all you can while
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 1:06am

Hi Shelly,


97 percent of type 2 diabetics are insulin resistant. Insulin resistance starts years before you are diagnosed diabetic and it is what initially does the tissue damage to the eyes, feet and kidneys of diabetics. So you ahve been given a huge red flag warning. Medicines such as glucophage (metformin), Actos and Avandia work to breakdown insulin resistance. But by far exercise is the best way to treat it. This is partially what is behind the campaign to get us to walk 10,000 steps per day. There have been a number of posts on this issue.


Also getting your weight as close to normal as possible also helps. If you are over weight remember, you didn't get all on over night and you won't lose it overnight either. A diabetic meal plan will help and I agree with Denise that you need to visit a dietitian and hopefully one that specializes in diabetes.


So pull up a chair and join our conversation. We have all been where you are now,

Mary Frances


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