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Originally Posted by Mari
Good-Post:Waves,
I've read the article twice and have gotten what I could from it for now. I will read again.
This is my understanding:
1. Zyprexa (and others) interfere with the pacreas's ability to make insulin.
2. The body does not have enough insulin.
3. To make up for not having enough insulin, the body makes more insulin than it needs.
4. Too much insulin causes weight gain.
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Hi,
I'm still trying to work this out.
Zyprexa initially blocks the pancreas cells that make insulin. This is why having too little insulin causes more insulin:
http://www.ei-resource.org/illness-i...in-resistance/
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Insulin resistance is the name given to a condition in which, for a number of reasons, the body's cells become less sensitive to the effects of insulin. The body reacts to this situation by producing more insulin with the common result being an overproduction of insulin causing blood sugar levels to drop too low.
In this way, blood sugar levels swing from too high to too low.
This is often referred to as a "blood sugar rollercoaster". As well as the symptoms produced by the hypoglycemic state, the high levels of insulin themselves can have serious health consequences in the long term. The underlying mechanism by which insulin resistance occurs is due to the insulin receptor cells in the liver, adipose (fat) tissue and muscles, becoming less efficient as a result of chronic exposure to high levels of insulin.
This is the type of feedback mechanism that is at work in many body systems. If the levels of any chemical messenger such as hormones and neurotransmitters are chronically raised, the cells that they act on become less and less sensitive to them to avoid overstimulation.
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I hope that I get this right. If I don't . . that's ok . . . because this stuff is explained poorly on the Internet for non-scientists.
M.