Does The Insulin Resistance Diet Really Work?by Tea
Is this a special diet or what else it consists of? Does it really work? What benefits she can get? I want all the information to help my sister who is really down. Thank you. ANSWER: Hi Tea, You have to know that insulin resistance is one of the leading causes to diabetes. However, in some cases, the patient has insulin resistance, but he/she is not suffering from diabetes. The bad thing is that in most cases, patients with insulin resistance will develop diabetes type 2. Anyways, insulin is condition during which there is normal insulin secretion in the organism, but the insulin’s molecule is not able to cause reduction in the blood glucose level. This is happening due to changes in the structure of the insulin receptor, reduced count of insulin receptors or something else. This thing generally, leads to elevated insulin secretion, which leads to normal blood glucose level. However, the elevation of the insulin secretion requires more time, which leads to temporary blood glucose elevation. It is true that someone can manage the insulin resistance by diet, which must be composed of low-carbohydrate and moderated protein and fats foods. In this way, organism receives all the required nutrients in time, but there is not excessive amount of glucose, which can aggravate the insulin resistance. Generally, this diet is composed of vegetables, but you have to know that not all vegetables are suitable for the diet of your sister. Because of this, I will inform you to force her eat mainly artichoke, avocado, and broccoli, Brussels sprouts, celery, chives, garlic, fennel, mushroom, onion and fennel. There are many other vegetables, which she can eat and all of them have to be mentioned in a list provided by your doctor. However, now I will give you some vegetables, which she has to avoid and some of them are potatoes, pumpkin and corn. Warn her to avoid the consumption of salt and processed food, because it will aggravate the insulin resistance. Besides this, it would be good for her to drink plenty of mineral water and to avoid beverages like coca cola and others. Regarding the consumption of meat, you have to know that this diet is concentrated mainly of fish and chicken, which means that she has to avoid pork and beef. In addition, most of the fruits are not suitable for her, because they contain too much sugar. I wanted to inform you that some exercises are going to improve the condition of your sister, because doing exercises will help her to reduce her blood glucose concentration. Therefore, ask her to run for about 1 hour a day. Explain those things to your sister and tell her that there is nothing to worry about, if she fallows strictly the diet. Hope it helped! Dr.Alba |