Insulin
Insulin has a direct relationship with sex hormones, and sex hormones have a direct relationship with insulin. DHEA, estrogen, progesterone and thyroid hormones are all very important for the regulation of glucose (blood sugar) in one’s body.
Diabetes and insulin resistance are constantly on the rise being the a hub of many other associated diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease…all leading to the term Metabolic Syndrome or Syndrome X.
Insulin, often thought of with its relationship with diabetes is a major clog in the wheel of health, beginning with glucose, or the sugar in the blood.
When ones blood sugar is mis-managed by eating too many carbohydrates, sugar stays in the blood and is not deposited in the cells efficiently to be used for energy. As the sugar (glucose) continues to circle freely in the blood stream the body’s response is to begin kicking out more and more insulin to take the glucose our of the blood stream and into the cells or even in the liver for storage in the form of glycogen.
With the continued out pouring of insulin, the body becomes resistant to its presents, and it suddenly takes more and more insulin to give the same response. Eventually the cells that create the insulin become destroyed, and worst case scenario the individual becomes dependant on insulin therapy.