TrigonSpawn OP t1_iye20ka wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:32 PM

Reply to comment by Solunette in ELI5: How does Insulin Resistance work and why does it effect day to day life and/or weightloss??? by TrigonSpawn

Interesting. So we know the sugar being unable to be processed and building up in our body leads to diabetes, and the reason it can't be processed is due to the insulin resistance.

You mentioned that the body will try to provide additional insulin to attempt to "force the locks" in this example. Is there any impact from the excess insulin in our body? Or does it not build up the same way because it gets used (unfortunately unsuccessfully) when trying to process the sugar?

Solunette t1_iye3fwe wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:41 PM

Insulin is an hormone. Any anormal hormonal level is bound to have consequences. Here it's called hyperinsulinemia if you want to read about it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinsulinemia

TrigonSpawn OP t1_iye3nkk wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:42 PM

....this is going to sound really stupid but never once have I ever actually realized wtf insulin is and that it, in fact, is a hormone.....welp my mind exploded just now.