Definitions
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- noun Excessive insulin in the blood.
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- noun medicine The condition of having an excessively high level of
insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production
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Examples
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If you have insulin resistance, a normal amount of insulin isn’t enough to do this, and the body starts making more, resulting in a condition called hyperinsulinemia too much insulin.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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(Extremely excessive consumption of - primarily refined - carbohydrate being, of course, the root cause of hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.)
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These impairments correlated with critical clinical measures of obesity including liver fat accumulation, reduced whole-body insulin sensitivity, hyperinsulinemia, hypoadiponectinemia and adipocyte hypertrophy.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity: It’s all in Your Cells? 2008
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Mentzer died from cardiovascular disease, brought about perhaps by the excess carbohydrate in his diet and consequent insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.
Hard at work in Seattle | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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“…Jon looks to be sporting a little abdominal obesity, which would imply a degree of insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia…”
ABC’s big meal propaganda | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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From what I can see from the video, Jon looks to be sporting a little abdominal obesity, which would imply a degree of insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.
ABC’s big meal propaganda | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Go to this link and enter a search term, hyperinsulinemia, for example, or low-carb diet, and hit the search button.
Low-carb diets reduce oxidative stress | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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If insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are the real problems here and my bet is that they are, drug combinations deal only with one of the symptoms – the elevated glucose of type II diabetes – and not the underlying problem.
Petition to help stamp out NIH misinformation | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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I am a non-diabetic on metformin for issues pertaining to insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.
Petition to help stamp out NIH misinformation | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Total calories are much the same – even if we eat a mixed meal of fat and carb, if energy is sufficiently low, there will be no not chronic hyperinsulinemia or fattening.
Gary Taubes responds to George Bray | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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