The Surprising Causes Behind The Insulin Resistance Epidemic

A healthy person's insulin and blood sugar regulation system is comparable to a strong economy. Inflation is like insulin resistance. So, let's take a look at the surprising causes behind the insulin resistance epidemic.

Recently, there has been discussion about the pandemic that is insulin resistance. Obesity, pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and dementia are all disorders that are alarmingly attributed to insulin resistance.

But why does insulin resistance exist in the first place?

According to Dr. Benjamin Bikman, a scientist and researcher at Brigham Young University, one of the top private research universities in the country, "insulin resistance is a pandemic that you’ve never heard of."

An investigation conducted by UAE University in 2020 and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health makes the gravity (read below) of the insulin resistance issue in recent years even more clear.

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