I thought it appropriate to start our article series by giving information about metabolic syndrome. This syndrome is not recognized as a disease, but it is a disorder that internally disrupts our vascular system and blood flow, and changes blood density. The body is nourished by the blood circulating in the veins. There are hundreds of meters of veins in all our organs. Disorders in blood flow cause diseases by disrupting the nutrition of the organs.
Then what do we mean by all this?
How does the metabolic syndrome develop? ?
In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to give information about the hormone called INSULIN.
Insulin is a hormone secreted from the B (beta) cells of the organ called the pancreas. : It is to take the sugar (glucose) in the blood to the tissues and store it there as fat.
Insulin is the scarcity hormone. The body wants to store the food (energy) it receives as fat in case one day I cannot find food. Insulin serves this purpose. Insulin-secreting B (beta) cells in the pancreas are unstable and deteriorate quickly. If there are foods that secrete the insulin hormone too much in our diet, B (beta) cells may get tired and deteriorate due to excessive secretion. Thus, setbacks begin in the secretion of the hormone insulin. Genetic factors determine the resistance of B (beta) cells. People with genetically unstable B (beta) cells will deform more quickly if they are fed with foods that stimulate insulin secretion. This deformation leads to insufficient secretion of insulin hormone, which results in diabetes mellitus. Until this level is reached, there will be imbalances in the secretion of insulin hormone, which leads to irregularities in blood sugar. This process is called prediabetes. Every food we take into our mouth releases the hormone insulin as soon as it is taken into the mouth. When the eaten foods are absorbed from the intestines and pass into the blood, blood density increases and circulation becomes difficult. It is the duty of insulin to reduce blood density by attracting these nutrients, especially sugar to the tissues. In order to follow this process and determine if there is a malfunction, a 4-hour OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test) with 75 g glucose is performed. If the blood sugar is far below what it should be, some symptoms occur. Hand and foot tremors, concentration disorder, nervousness, nausea, sometimes fainting, etc. This disease is called HYPOGLICEMIA in medical language. In such cases, people want to eat sugary food. These symptoms go away 15 minutes after eating sugary food. When blood sugar drops, the brain and nervous system are in a difficult situation. Because the brain and nervous system are fed only with sugar. That's why these symptoms happen. Sometimes too much insulin in the blood Although it is a hormone, blood sugar is high. In other words, the relationship between the insulin hormone and the insulin receptor on the cell wall has been disrupted, and it cannot take the sugar in the blood to the tissues. This is called INSULIN RESISTANCE.
HYPOGLYCEMIA is caused by unbalanced insulin secretion. You want to eat, when you eat sweet, blood sugar rises, due to excess insulin, you want to eat sweet again. This is a vicious cycle. Thus, people who get very hungry and eat a lot emerge. Insulin hormone has a role in sugar (carbohydrate) metabolism, as well as in fat and protein metabolism. The unbalanced secretion of insulin hormone causes fat storage as well as an increase in blood fats. Fat storage is mostly in the abdomen. Therefore, if the waist circumference exceeds 80 cm in women and 100 cm in men, metabolic syndrome should be investigated. Metabolic syndrome is a harbinger of diabetes.
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