Benjamin Bikman, Ph.D
“The Hidden Epidemic at the root of Most Disease”
“Discover the groundbreaking evidence linking many major diseases to a common root cause – insulin resistance- and an easy, effective prevention plan.”
“We are sick. Around the world, we struggle with diseases that we once considered rare. Cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and type 2 diabetes affect millions each year, many people are also struggling with hypertension, weight gain, fatty liver, dementia, low testosterone, menstrual irregularities, infertility, and more. We treat symptoms, not realizing that all of these have something in common.”
“Each of them is caused or made worse by a condition known as insulin resistance. And odds are you have it – over half of all adults in the United States are insulin resistant, with most other countries either worse or not far behind.”
“Insulin resistance is an epidemic you may have never heard of. Though many of us are unfamiliar with it, our unawareness belies how common it really is. The overwhelming majority of people with insulin resistance don’t know they have it and have never heard of it .”
Benjamin Bikman, Ph.D
“Many people only think of insulin as a medication for people with diabetes.Insulin is actually a hormone that we naturally produce in our bodies (unless we have type 1 diabetes)”
“The stress response involves a mix of neural and endocrine (hormone)events we shall look at two in particular: epinephrine and cortisol, both of which come from the adrenal glands.”
“In the earliest stages of stress,epinephrine increases heart rate and blood pressure. But too much epinephrine for too long is capable of causing insulin resistance.
Cortisol wants us to have enough energy to get us through what we perceive to be a stressful situation..To get us that energy, cortisol is determined to raise our blood glucose – and so the hormone will tell the liver to make glucose out of anything it can get, including amino acids (from muscle acids) and glycerol (from fats).
“Insulin resistance was once a disease of affluence or a condition that largely affected only well-off older people. Recently, however, that has all changed – there are documented reports of insulin-resistant four year olds.(and up to 10%of North American children have it ).”
BENJAMIN BIKMAN, PH.D
“As a reminder, note that insulin resistance per se won’t kill you, it’s just a reliable vehicle that can rapidly get you there by causing other life -threatening conditions.
This means people are experiencing multiple and seemingly diverse health problems that could be improved by addressing one root cause.”
“Indeed, insulin resistance has a hand in a startling number of very serious chronic diseases, including problems of the head, heart, blood vessels, reproductive organs, and more. Far more than being a mere inconvenience, when left untreated,this is a serious condition.Most people with insulin resistance will ultimately die from heart disease or other cardiovascular complications,others will develop Alzheimer’s disease,breast or prostate cancers or any number of lethal diseases.