Functional cells in the pancreas and liver can be destroyed with a lot of food every day. This is called food aggression and causes diabetes and cirrhosis.
We see the pathways of communication between the liver-pancreas and food at the Good Doctor.
All food is converted into glucose, which circulates in the blood. Glucose is normally taken up by the hormone insulin and taken into the cells, where it is used as energy.
Too much food? The cells do not want to receive any more glucose because it is too much. They adapt to not bombarding them with food. I mean, they close the door on insulin.
This is how insulin resistance occurs. Obesity is the main disease that causes insulin resistance.
Antonela Burlacu, endocrinologist primary doctor: “Even if the pancreas is forced to produce insulin in the cells, there is this block – the cells can no longer capture glucose.”
The hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas, can no longer do its job and then it performs other functions. All against the human body.
Antonela Burlacu, endocrinologist primary doctor: “It is an anabolic hormone, we know very well. It increases protein synthesis, lipid synthesis, increases blood pressure, water retention – the other negative effects of hyperinsulinism”.
You have extra kilos, it is not a reason to rejoice if the blood analysis, called blood sugar, is within normal limits. Extra pounds come with insulin resistance, the pre-diabetes phase. And yet, why do some obese people have normal blood sugar?
Antonela Burlacu, endocrinologist primary doctor: “At some point it manages to break through this barrier and then there is a lot of insulin, the blood sugar drops. It’s called hypoglycemia. There are fat people who say ‘oh, I’m glad my blood sugar is low’. No, your blood sugar is low because your pancreas is tired, producing too much insulin. It is not a joy for an overweight person to be happy that they have low blood sugar. No, it is a stage of pre-exhaustion of the pancreas”.
The next stage is called diabetes, meaning that the cells in the endocrine pancreas can no longer produce the hormone called insulin. That’s why if you have just a few extra kilos go to the doctor to get your meals in order and help your vital organ called the pancreas.
Food aggression also causes inflammation in the liver
Accumulated fat cells cause so-called steato-hepatitis. Now is the time to activate dangerous cells in the liver. They are called stellate cells. Normal liver cells are gradually replaced by stellate cells. The liver no longer performs its function properly.
Laura Iliescu, internal medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute: “They are inactive, but when they are stimulated by pro-inflammatory factors from the intestinal microbiota, from substances that are stimulated by insulin, glucagon and other growth hormones secreted by either the liver or the pancreas , or intestines, they are all metabolically active”.
This is the path to liver cirrhosis. It means that the vital organ called the liver is scarred and no longer has normal, functioning cells due to food aggression.
Source: Pro TV
Publication date: 04-08-2023 09:58
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