I have written this 2050 words article to examine the role of insulin as 'the sleeping hormone', how often you wake it affect your health, pocket and family emotionally. I first refer to Insulin as 'the sleeping hormone' after examining the role it plays in metabolic process. Today, millions around the world rely on insulin injection to stay alive because they can no longer wake the sleeping hormone. Because this is a long article, I will only post the except here. If you want to read the full detail, visit: http://health2wealth.com.ng/how-often-do-you-wake-the-sleeping-hormone-insulin/What Is Insulin
Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (glucose) from carbohydrates in the food that you eat for energy or to store glucose for future use. Insulin helps keeps your blood sugar level from getting too high (hyperglycemia) or too low (hypoglycemia).
Why Is Insulin Termed 'The Sleeping Hormone'?
I termed insulin 'the sleeping hormone' because the pancreas only produce it to process sugar in the body. The increase in sugar signals your pancreas to produce the amount of insulin you need to manage the level of sugar in your blood. When insulin is produced, glucagon is suppressed. Insulin stimulates the cells throughout your body to take in glucose from your bloodstream. Your cells then use glucose as energy. In essence, if you don't eat food containing sugar, you do not over stress yourself, there will be no need for your body to produce or 'wake up' insulin. Insulin will remain in its sleeping form, unless you give your body reason to 'wake it' and use it.
How Often Should You Wake The Sleeping Hormone - Insulin?
From Africa to Asia to America to Europe, sugar is the most common ingredient in foods and diets. Processed grain, high carb diet, modern processed foods, Genetically Modified Foods and lifestyle changes has made millions around the world to wake this sleeping hormone more often.
Stress is another significant factor that trigger the secretion of insulin. Excessive exercise or exercising when you are low in insulin is another serious factor that wake the sleeping hormone.
Each time you eat carbohydrate food and sugar or you pass through stress or excessive exercise, the pancreas produce insulin to manage the sugar level in your blood. The more often your body produce this insulin, the higher your risk of developing insulin resistance or being unable to wake this sleeping hormone. If this trend continue, the pancreas may become damage and unable to produce insulin again thereby resulting in Type 1 Diabetes. Eventually you found that you will need to rely on insulin injection to survive.
Diseases Associated With Insulin
There are several diseased conditions associated with disturbed insulin secretion and utilization by the body. These include:
1. Type 1 diabetes or Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM
2. Type 2 or Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM
3. Gestational diabetes
4. Impaired glucose tolerance and prediabetes
5. Insulinoma
6. Metabolic syndrome
7. Polycystic ovary syndrome
8. Diabetes and Eye Problems
What If You Have Insulin Resistance or Insensitive Insulin?
Insulin resistance (IR) is a condition in which the body's cells become resistant to the effects of insulin. That is, the normal response to a given amount of insulin is reduced. As a result, higher levels of insulin are needed in order for insulin to have its proper effects, and the pancreas compensates by trying to produce more insulin. This resistance occurs in response to the body's own insulin (endogenous) or when insulin is administered by injection (exogenous). With insulin resistance, the pancreas produces more and more insulin until the pancreas can no longer produce sufficient insulin for the body's demands, and then blood sugar rises.
So, if you have develop insulin resistance, you will need to work hard to improve on the responsiveness of your insulin to prevent high blood sugar. The following paragraphs will examine various ways to do that.
How To Improve Insulin Responsiveness & Sensitivity
Lifestyle changes (for example, diet and exercise) clearly are important, and education about these changes needs to be directed to groups at risk for diabetes. Below are some natural ways to improve insulin responsiveness:
1. Eat Healthy Fats
2. Balance Your Intake of Omega-3 to Omega-6 Fats
3. Improve Gut Health & Heal Leaky Gut Syndrome
4. Exercise
5. Reduce Stress & Get More Sleep
6. Watch Your Caffeine & Alcohol Intake
7. Supplement with Vitamin D3
8. Eat animal Liver
9. Avoid Harmful Chemicals
Final Thoughts
Insulin is a powerful hormone and in my own perspective a sleeping giant. from a medical point of view, we advise people to reduce their intake of carbohydrate or sugar to reduce risk of insulin resistance. Rather than focusing on the frequency of taking the carb food, you can focus more on the portion you take. It is also advisable to take wholegrain carbohydrate over processed grain or high carb diet.
If you wake 'the sleeping hormone too often, you risk damaging your pancreas and put yourself at risk of developing diabetes. Lifestyle changes (for example, diet and exercise) clearly are important in improving your insulin sensitivity, and education about these changes needs to be directed to groups at risk for diabetes.
Over to you. How often do you wake 'the sleeping hormone' - insulin? |
Why Is Insulin Termed 'The Sleeping Hormone'?
I termed insulin 'the sleeping hormone' because the pancreas only produce it to process sugar in the body. The increase in sugar signals your pancreas to produce the amount of insulin you need to manage the level of sugar in your blood. When insulin is produced, glucagon is suppressed. Insulin stimulates the cells throughout your body to take in glucose from your bloodstream. Your cells then use glucose as energy. In essence, if you don't eat food containing sugar, you do not over stress yourself, there will be no need for your body to produce or 'wake up' insulin. Insulin will remain in its sleeping form, unless you give your body reason to 'wake it' and use it. |
