Adult-Onset Diabetes
With enough fat stored away, the fat cellss essentially get full; once you are an adolescent, the ==number of fat cells you have is fixed==, so if you put on weight, the individual fat cells are distended. Yet another heavy meal, a burst of Insulin trying to promote more fat storage by the fat cells, and the fat cells refuse—“Tough luck, I don’t care if you are insulin; we’re completely full.” (Location 1140)
==Your body has become insulin-resistant.== Your pancreas responds by secreting even more insulin than usual. You’re still resistant. So the pancreas secretes even more. Back and forth, your pancreas pumping out ever higher levels of insulin, trying to be heard. Eventually, this ==burns out the insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas==, actually destroying them. (Location 1148)
see also
Diabetes
Juvenile Diabetes
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4 Stress Metabolism and Liquidating Your Assets
Created: 03-09-22 13:42