Summary of Benjamin Bikman's Why We Get Sick

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Insulin is a hormone that is produced in the pancreas and regulates our blood glucose levels. It has a wide range of effects on every cell in every tissue of the body, from the brain to the toes. It is an anabolic hormone.

#2 Insulin resistance is a reduced response to the hormone insulin. When a cell stops responding to insulin, it becomes insulin resistant. Ultimately, as more cells throughout the body become insulin resistant, the body is considered insulin resistant.

#3 One of insulin’s main roles is to regulate our blood glucose. Because high glucose levels are dangerous, our bodies need insulin to usher the glucose from the blood, lowering blood glucose back to normal. But with insulin resistance, insulin levels are higher than expected relative to glucose.

#4 The first recorded evidence of this family of diseases comes from ancient Egypt, where physicians noted that people with a certain condition experienced too great emptying of the urine. Later, physicians in India observed that certain individuals produced urine that attracted insects like honey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669357919

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#1

Insulin is a hormone that is produced in the pancreas and regulates our blood glucose levels. It has a wide range of effects on every cell in every tissue of the body, from the brain to the toes. It is an anabolic hormone.

#2

Insulin resistance is a reduced response to the hormone insulin. When a cell stops responding to insulin, it becomes insulin resistant. Ultimately, as more cells throughout the body become insulin resistant, the body is considered insulin resistant.

#3

One of insulin’s main roles is to regulate our blood glucose. Because high glucose levels are dangerous, our bodies need insulin to usher the glucose from the blood, lowering blood glucose back to normal. But with insulin resistance, insulin levels are higher than expected relative to glucose.

#4

The first recorded evidence of this family of diseases comes from ancient Egypt, where physicians noted that people with a certain condition experienced too great emptying of the urine. Later, physicians in India observed that certain individuals produced urine that attracted insects like honey.

#5

While glucose is still the easiest substance to measure in patients with diabetes, insulin is much more difficult to measure, and has not been standardized as a clinical value.

#6

Insulin resistance is the first sign of type 2 diabetes, and it is a hyperinsulinemic state. It means that a person with insulin resistance has more insulin in their blood than normal.

#7

Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body's cells do not respond to insulin properly, and this leads to many serious chronic diseases. Understanding how insulin resistance causes these disorders is essential to appreciating how important insulin is to our health.

#8

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world. It is often blamed on cigarette smoking, alcohol, dietary cholesterol, lack of exercise, and too much belly fat. But insulin resistance is also a major cause of heart disease.

#9

Having excessively high blood pressure dramatically increases the likelihood of developing heart disease. As the pressure in your blood vessels increases, your heart has to work harder to move blood adequately throughout