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Hyperinsulinemia
Hyperinsulinemia is a condition in which pancreas produces more insulin than normal. It happens due to decreased sensitivity of body toward insulin. This condition
is known as insulin resistance.
Symptoms of Insulin Resistance
• Fatigue
• Increase in abdominal adiposity
• Dark skin patches (acanthosis nigricans)
• Impaired fasting blood sugar
• Pimples
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
• Fatty liver disease
• Sugar cravings
• Hunger pangs
• Scalp hair loss in women
• High blood pressure
• Fluid retention
• High blood pressure
• Lack of concentration [15]
When muscle cells become more reluctant toward glucose absorption due to
insulin resistance, the blood glucose level starts to rise from normal ranges. A series
of metabolic malfunctions begins with the extra production of insulin. Pancreas
produces insulin in response to sugar produced by food taken by a person. When
people eat all the time continuously the pancreas produces insulin to compensate
the glucose from the bloodstream. But when someone don’t stop to eat years after
years the pancreas may reduce the ability because it became reluctant or loses the
ability to produce that much amount of insulin during 24 h. This thing eventually
leads toward increased inflammation and impaired glucose [16]. Insulin resistance
mainly causes these metabolic diseases directly (Fig. 26.7):
1. Metabolic syndrome
2. Diabetes mellitus
3. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
4. Cardiovascular disease
5. Nonalcoholic fatty liver
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