“Insulin sensitivity is going to determine, for the most part, how long you are going to live and how healthy you are going to be. It determines the rate of aging more so than anything else we know right now.” – Ron Rosedale, M.D.

It is widely accepted in the medical community that more than 80% of most known illnesses are caused by excessive insulin and Cortisol levels.
Therefore, by managing these effectively it is possible to avoid many types of illnesses that are common in middle and old age population.
The first step in managing Insulin and Cortisol is to have your diet completely analysed. For more information on this see the section above on Nutrition – Nutrition Analysis and Advice.
Function of Insulin
Insulin is vital to the body and without its presence we would die as its function is to lower elevated blood sugar. It is an anabolic hormone responsible for building things up and storage.
However, constantly elevated blood sugar and consequently elevated insulin levels are catastrophic to the human body. This is due to the fact that eventually our bodies start to become resistant to the effects of insulin (insulin resistant). This means that now more insulin is required to do the same job as before. If our muscles become insulin resistant they can’t accept any more sugar so glucose gets pushed into the fat cells and we get fatter. If the fat cells eventually become insulin resistant you now have high blood sugar and high insulin levels!

This is not good because if this condition persists you may become diabetic.

Insulin resistance is a risk factor for the development of both heart disease and diabetes.
Why is Insulin so bad?

Insulin

• Shifts metabolism into storage mode
  • This means we store fat more easily
  • The If insulin levels are regularly high throughout the day then we store fat constantly
• Converts glucose and protein to fat
• Converts dietary fat to storage fat
  • Basically insulin converts EVERYTHING to fat
• Removes fat from blood and transports it to fat cells
• Increases the body’s production of cholesterol
• Makes the kidneys retain excess fluid by telling the kidneys to hold on to sodium.
  • This increases blood pressure.
• Insulin makes the walls of the arteries thicker and stiffer. This reduces the flow space and increases blood pressure.

In Short high insulin increases the risk for:

• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Heart Disease
  

This all seems very bleak but it is if your diet is the cause of constantly elevated insulin levels. 99.5% of insulin is caused directly by diet.
However, by consulting your BioSignature practitioner your diet can be modified accordingly and a course of action can be taken to reduce insulin levels accordingly.