Are you a type 2 diabetic and using insulin? Oh, if only diabetes control were simpler! If we could just eat reasonable meals and cover what we eat with a small insulin, we could live with that. Indeed, many type 2 diabetics do live with it. But the truth is, it is entirely unacceptable. And here’s why.

Type 2 diabetes is all about insulin resistance. Insulin resistance all but defines what type 2 diabetes is. Our problem is not that we don’t produce enough insulin (which is the problem for type 1), but that our cells have become resistant to the “unlocking” mechanism of insulin. Glucose in the bloodstream does not enter the cells because the cells resist the insulin key to let the glucose in.

by Janso Irtna

When cells become resistant to insulin, the receptors on their surfaces designed to respond to insulin have begun to malfunction. It simply means that the receptors require more insulin to make them work properly in removing sugar from the blood. Whereas before they needed just a touch to lower it, now they need a continuous supply of excess insulin to keep blood sugar within normal range.