Insulin sensitivity ?

[elliana]

Theo,

What exactly does this mean in down to earth language?It's a good thing right ?

Thanks.

elli

[Theo Papatheofanous]

Elli,

Yes...being 'insulin sensitive' is a good thing;it basically means that if you are insulin sensitive then a little amount of insulin is required to transport nutrients inside of your muscle cells.If you are insulin resistant on the other hand,you will have a higher concentration of blood glucose and therfore require additional insulin to be released until glucose is taken up by your muscle cells;resistance deals more with a malfunction at the receptor site.This will cause the uptake of glucose into the fat cells and REDUCE insulin sensitivity for our precious muscle cells.

Theo

[biggiesmalls]

i always knew insulin sensitive was a good thing but now it makes sense.thanks coach.

bs