High
Blood Pressure
Diabetes and High Blood Pressure could be linked through insulin
resistance. Examining the occurrence of Metabolic Syndrome X gives us
insight into why its a case for concern. It could spell trouble. The
by-products of eating a poor diet are diabetes and high blood
pressure. Almost 75% of diabetics are type 2, with 50% going on to
develop high blood pressure, being unaware of the seriousness of their
condition. Metabolic Syndrome X - A Cluster of Symptoms
Before diabetes and high blood pressure are full blown other
symptoms may show up. Weight gain especially around the middle, a high
level of triglycerides in the blood, a decrease in HDL cholesterol,
and insulin resistance. A person experiencing all 3 symptoms along
with the diabetes and high blood pressure, likely have what is know as
Metabolic Syndrome X, due to the reason that cells and organs which
are associated with those sicknesses, suffer malfunctions of metabolic
processes. But they are all linked to a common cause; the regular
consumption of high glycemic foods. These foods are white bread and
rolls, white rice, sugar, baked ?potatoes, broad beans, chips, and
many breakfast cereals. These foods are only a small selection from a
list of many high glycemic foods.
With all the bombardment of insulin, your fat cell receptors become
resistant to it causing triglycerides to break down and enter the
blood and raise the fat count. Your muscle cells are reduced to the
amount of glucose they can take in, because they too have become
insulin resistant, raising the glucose in the blood higher. Then there
are your liver cells which fail to store any excess glucose as
glycogen when they become insulin resistant, keeping glucose levels
high.
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The Symptoms of Insulin Resistance
Even if we eat high
glycemic food, the remarkable pancreas can function quite efficiently. Its
an amazing organ. The insulin hormone released from its beta cells, will
stimulate "gateways" (cell receptors), to receive glucose (sugar). It all
functions perfectly. Insulin will also stimulate your liver and muscle
cells to store any excess glucose as glycogen when too much is produced,
and that reserve will be used when the glucose levels dip, maintaining a
regular level of 70-110 mg per dl. If you habitually eat a diet of
glycemic foods, thats when problems will begin to surface. Glucose levels
will be too high in the blood too often, and your beta cells will continue
to supply extra insulin to off-set the load. The results are damaging to
those liver, muscle, and fat cell receptors. When that occurs, then the
beta cells will work ever so harder, to produce more insulin, trying to
force insulin into the cells. More cell receptors are destroyed and the
cycle of destruction repeats.
Your cells at this phase, become insulin resistant, with Diabetes and
high blood pressure looming as a real threat, along with the other
metabolic syndrome X symptoms.
Welcome to the world of diabetes! Your blood pressure begins to rise
because the insulin metabolism is gone haywire, and to top it all you will
probably develop -
Narrowed blood vessels
Hardened arteries
Damage to artery walls
Damage to the kidneys
Fat burning mechanism switches off
Weight gain
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies |