1 心理治療
https://soundcloud.com/donna-wong-318733078
Example
讓夢境在生命中佔有一席位置 (1)
2
身體健康管理
https://soundcloud.com/donna-dream-hypnosis
Example:
https://soundcloud.com/donna-dream-hypnosis/l3swngrgjp42
《與糖共舞》工作坊
Monday, October 14, 2024
Sunday, October 13, 2024
DrRed的分享 - 受騙的反思
CarousellServices™ <vmalalves@amparo.sp.gov.br>”，同時 “Team-CarousellServices™” 又好像頗「官方」。
我在過程中已經 (被) 植入了一些想法，逐漸放下了防衛：
1/ Carousell 給予賣方收費的方式，包括 Alipay、Bank Account、Carousell Balance。由於我沒有 Alipay 也沒有 Carousell Balance，心理上已經假設了要直接用銀行戶口。
2/ 當我收到電郵通知時，電郵的題目 (subject line)，令我深信這是 Carousell 發出的官方通知，因為已經有買家，我可以收錢了。兩個電郵的題目是：“Complete the transaction using the button below"、”Our team has secured a purchaser for you.“
3/ 當我點擊鏈結 https://carousell.e-wallet.biz/251857424?refer=3 ，見到的頁面是關於收錢的，清楚顯示 Carousell 的標誌，大大的字寫著 "Safe receipt of money"。[見下圖]
4/ 當我點擊 "Get Money” 的時候，見到幾間大銀行的標誌，我選擇了我的銀行 (恒生)。接下來，有 "Support Chat" 的小視窗彈出，我按著當中的指示，輸入了身份證號碼和幾個 OTP (一次性驗證碼)，也包括了對方銀行戶口的其中 6 個數字。
5/ 我當時沒有留意這 6 個數字的作用，只是按指示在自己手機的恒生 App 中輸入它們，原來這是授權對方的戶口收取我戶口的款項。
6/ 小視窗的文字訊息，提醒我 OTP 的有效時間只是 30 秒，當我輸入後，有訊息說 OTP 已經過期，於是我用手機 App 再出新的一次性密碼。如此這般，我在手機 App 中獲得了 3-4 次 OTP，然後在電腦熒幕中輸入。這幾個 OTP，就令到對方 (i) 提高了將我戶口匯出款項的上限；(ii) 分三次匯走了巨款。
我回溯當中細節，留意自己在當下有甚麼想法，因此做了甚麼事情。其中有一剎那，我腦裡閃過一個念頭：為甚麼恒生銀行要我輸入身份證號碼？然後我自己回答：也許因為第一次用 Carousell 過數，需要建立戶口。又有一剎那，我看到小視窗的文字，有一部份是繁體，一部份是簡體，當時覺得有點怪，然後又想：現在都是繁簡摻雜的，也許銀行在轉用簡體字。
整個過程只維持了不到五分鐘，我的意識一直以為在用恒生銀行的網站進行收錢的動作，沒有覺得我在把 OTP 給任何人知道，也沒意識我輸入的每個資料，都有人看見，背後馬上操作。
當我以為完成了交易，回頭再看自己的電子郵箱，才發現恒生銀行給我的電郵，說批准我提高了戶口轉數的金額，也批准了我 3 次轉賬給 non-registered payee 。在不到 3 分鐘的時間內，騙徒轉走了一共 HKD409,000！我如五雷轟頂，驚愕不已！馬上致電恒生銀行，叫對方停止這三筆交易，因為銀行很清楚錢轉去了對方南洋商業銀行的戶口。怎知銀行的答覆是：我們沒有權這樣做，需要警方授權，你先報警吧。
致電南洋商業銀行，也是同一回覆，哪怕我提供了仔細的資料，連三個交易號碼 Transaction ID 都給銀行了，銀行也只是留個記錄，不能直接「截數」。
報警的時候，警方開宗明義說：網上詐騙案，已經佔了犯罪案件的 70%，警方已經有很多案子在查，多數受害人都無法取回自己的錢。我問：這件事剛剛發生，而且我們掌握了具體的銀行轉賬資料，為何不能馬上凍結對方的戶口？難到我這個受害人提供了這些證據，都不夠？
是的，警方要按程序辦事。需要掌握足夠證據，再向法庭申請搜查令，才可以去銀行查賬。我相信，到時這個戶口的錢，早已清空。
我已作了最壞打算，這筆失款，永遠失去了。可是，這件事帶給我很好的學習，我更加會謹慎防犯，任何網上交易都會格外小心。
事發後，很多朋友看到我在FB的帖，紛紛送上關心。正在旅遊的朋友，熟悉銀行的運作，馬上連繫我，看看可否幫忙。有朋友特別為我做遙距能量療癒，有朋友提出各種處理問題的方法，有朋友說若需要錢，可以幫助，甚至有朋友想為我籌款...... 我收到大量的關心、祝福、同理，非常非常非常感激大家💖
最感動的，是弟弟特地趕來，陪我去警察局，不斷打電話給銀行、朋友、律師... 尋找解方。錄完三個小時口供，弟弟說要陪我吃東西，或者回父母家陪我聊天，我都拒絕了，因為他的生活擔子也很重，我不想他太累。心裡感恩，這個弟弟是我最強的後盾！
今晚在警署錄口供，警員是個年輕女子。她問我職業，我說 Life Coach，對方竟然不知有此職業。既然身為「生命教練」，我會好好觀照自己，從更高的維度學習這個功課：這件事的發生，一定與我的成長、狀態、潛意識有關，我願意臣服學習，接納、面對，很相信，我會因此成為更有內在力量的人。
願我的經歷，帶給大家更多的警惕 (我平時以為自己已經相當小心)，也讓我們重新提醒自己：錢財身外物，人間真情最昂貴。
#祝福上當受騙的人都從中成長
#感恩我身體健康身邊滿滿的愛
[19:56, 10/13/2024] Donna Wong: 最近我的和Eugene的老師，生命教練受騙，損傷巨大，她寫出過程，好多都和媽媽的類似，當然，媽媽的個案有太多破綻可以終止被騙，但她都沒有警覺，因為她相信自己沒錯。
這是她的口頭禪，我沒錯。
看看我們的老師如何為自己負責任，承擔後果，是真正走出痛苦的開始。
媽到現在還說是銀行沒有阻止，是她自己太純潔，是別人太壞，而且不准我心痛。我連表達自己心痛權利都沒有，她說，這是我的錢，你心痛什麼?
他們的財富和我的心血，爸爸的心血分不開，我沒有一天沒有付出，完全看成自己的事業，他們的快樂健康，我給他們的照顧和愛，比給阿傑多。從生意到日常生活，爸爸走後更不用說。
她這樣逃避責任，而且還繼續不斷情緒爆發，大家都辛苦，受折磨。
Dear Dr Red，您受騙的經歷和反思, 給我們上了一堂深刻的一課。
半年前兩位家人也有類似的個案，騙走3千多萬。
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一路過來的日子，真的不容易。警方一直安慰我們，要我們家人都接受，放下，根本改變不了的事實。
還在陪伴家人的度過抑抑鬱的日子，身同感受，心里很難過，鼓勵自己要堅強。
為您的勇氣和反思感到極大的佩服和感激。
Love you ❤️
I am tearful reading your case and reflection.
這個時候，您回歸內在，‘’看自己‘’,身心安頓，照顧好自己，也送給我們好大的提醒和愛。
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Dear Donna：
非常多謝您的分享 ~ 為您與家人失去的金錢而感到非常痛心！多麼不容易！
被詐騙後留下的記憶，是各種程度的痛與苦，我能深刻感受，與同路人共鳴🙏🏻
感恩自己學習身心靈的功課十幾年，事發後很快「睇自己」，回歸生命的內涵，覺察這份功課給我的學習🙏🏻🙏🏻
這筆錢是媽媽遺留下來的，如此失去，是我特別傷心的部份😭😭😭
同時，我選擇用靈性、修煉自己的角度，繼續經歷此事... 決心要在這個挫折中 收穫最大的豐盛‼️😍💝
得與失，都是「幻象」，我們依然是宇宙的寵兒，絲毫無損🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
感恩宇宙大愛的提醒：我們需要療癒自己，好好照顧自己，給自己跨越時空、無條件的愛✨💖✨
如今科技進步的速度，我們難以想像；詐騙歹徒的「專業成長速度」也是我們難以想像的😬 我們大家都多多保重，彼此守護，共勉‼️🙏🏻
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Red, 真的很感激您在百忙中寫給我，我為您的失去媽媽留個你的積蓄傷心，您媽媽辛苦一世，自己都不捨得用，好偉大。
我最敬佩你的是面對挫折的態度，也是真正愛自己。給我們樹立活生生的榜樣。
我媽媽受騙，幾乎連最後的生活費都失去，好在我說服她是一場騙局。阻止她第二天再轉走150萬。
之後幾天，她的情緒病大爆發，內疚，後悔，對不起爸爸和我，‘’哀傷‘’，非常正常，沒問題，我都接受，明白。身邊一直陪伴她，怕她自殺。
但漸漸她把責任全部推到銀行，壞人身上，認為自己太單純，而且所有家人都不能告訴，只有我知道。
漸漸，還是說了給我弟弟聽，我先生都不准知道。我妹妹也不知。
我好辛苦地為她保密，還要聽她埋怨別人，埋怨家人，埋怨我，說這些錢不是我的，為什麼我要心痛。好像她自己沒有責任，一切沒有發生過。
後來她不小心告訴Eugene 和他的太太。他們都心疼不已。
因為剛剛好他投資的銀行清盤倒閉，那個銀行也是大騙子。10年積蓄全部沒有了。
照顧媽媽情緒病，最近發現有癌症...
我獨立照顧媽媽疾病其實已經很累，但我心甘情願，我的責任。但她的心態真的令人心寒，她的狂躁抑鬱，更心痛。
如果她好好看自己，也許癌症和高血壓都可以改善。
她的行為有時令我心情也很難平復，每天做自我正面催眠，要寬恕原諒，要自己好好挺過去，不能倒下...
今天你的一席話，我感到一些疏解，很有共鳴，相信還有好多‘’受騙者‘’和家人也可以得到疏解。
是的，得失是幻覺，留得青山在，健康是最大的財富。
老師，保重，互相支持，又一次成長。❤️❤️❤️🌈🌈🌈
2024 10 14
Saturday, October 12, 2024
身心排毒與免疫系統關係 My talk on the Platform
https://youtu.be/PdiAOQGvOJw Podcast
https://www.donnadreamhypnosis.com/2024/06/blog-post_9.html
身心排毒與免疫系統的關係
2024 10 11
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024
《與糖共舞》工作坊介紹
爲什麽身邊那麽多人有糖尿病和免疫系統疾病？和胰島素阻抗有什麽關係？
不想下一個是自己，爲了家人和你愛的人的健康，請參加《與糖共舞》工作坊，
一定會帶來收穫和啓發，方案和指引...
Donna, 一位身心治療師，臨床催眠治療師。
致力疾病的自我療愈與心理健康結合，做大量的身心排毒和身心療愈工作。
在這次別開生面的工作坊里，Donna將分享自己連續12天24小時血糖測試的體驗和發現。
一個非糖尿病的患者，是什麼驅使她做這個12天的測試實驗？
有什麼意想不到的現象？
有什麼深刻的自我認知？
對我們每一個人，無論有沒有糖尿病，有什麼指導性的意義？
好多人都走向糖尿病的道路，因為胰島素阻抗已經成為每個人都需要正視的課題。
糖尿病，稍不留意，找上門。
歡迎大家來參加Donna的《與糖共舞》工作坊，有體驗，有數據，有反思，有啟迪。
還有嘉賓分享：
一位嘉賓分享自己如何快速逆轉三高和糖尿病，
另一位嘉賓分享走出免疫系統自我攻擊， 走出嚴重濕疹的經歷。
讓我們一起
學習如何自我療愈糖尿病，如何預防胰島素阻抗導致的免疫系統自我攻擊的疾病和癌症。
學習自我強化線粒體 ，提升自愈力，生命掌控在手中。
時間：2024 10 18 星期五晚上7點-9點
地點： 荔枝角香港工業中心B座1112室 JPOWER Club 地鐵站C出口樓上
報名：Donna WhatsApp 90307536
參考資料
我的錄音介紹 https://youtu.be/s97coEMaKkw
Soundcloud voice:
https://soundcloud.com/donna-dream-hypnosis/l3swngrgjp42?si=8d4f2bde06084d498b10c14ef2305561&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
CGM System - 智能血糖管理的體驗
https://www.donnadreamhypnosis.com/2024/09/cgm-system.html
胰島素阻抗，比膽固醇高更危險！
2024 10 6
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2024 10 19
【與糖共舞】工作坊 有感
感謝每一位參加者的用心聆聽學習，帶著自己的身體課題，學習愛經過1個半月的體驗和探索，準備和大量學習，成功完成了【與糖共舞】工作坊。
感謝每一位參加者的用心聆聽學習，帶著自己的身體課題，學習愛自己。
大家有收穫，我心滿意足，辛苦也值得。
辛苦的準備，現在可以鬆一鬆。
CGM System - 智能血糖管理的體驗
持續葡萄糖監測系統 -CGM system，就是
Continuous Glucose Monitors
首先，糖尿病不是老人的專利，也不是肥胖人的才有的疾病，
而是每個人都不小心就會患上的疾病！
如長期缺乏睡眠；
如長期處於高壓、抑鬱，焦慮狀態；
如長期外吃，外吃一族...
等等
70%的人已經可能有胰島素阻抗！
這幾年開始做身心整合療愈工作，幫助長期病患者提升自我管理的能力，特別是糖尿病、癌症和各種免疫系統的疾病。
通過理論和實踐，我學到很多身心互動的知識，深度去明白情緒如何影響身體免疫力，疾病又如何導致情緒疾病的問題。
如何深度去瞭解我們的身體的運作？
那就是，時刻讀懂自己，深度瞭解身體和潛意識。Be Aware. 覺知覺察。
其中一件事，是最近我開始體驗智能血糖管理的技術。
帶上14天持續葡萄糖監測系統。
我的血糖和身體動態新發現：
原來，我也有相當的胰島素阻抗現象，要留意。
1
睡眠不足是關鍵。令血糖不太穩定。
低血糖也會令睡眠質素下降，這是我個人的情況。
2
水果
對我來説，需盡量少吃甜的水果。我看到升糖速度相當快。
吃了就要想辦法消耗掉過多的糖。如跳繩和跳舞，行山。
去跳跳，去動動！
3 坐下來
不要超過一個小時，否則也會升的快。
4
這是對任何人，壓力和憤怒、焦慮，惡夢，都會增加血糖需要，胰島素需要上升，過於頻密上升，也會令胰腺疲累分泌，導致胰島素阻抗。
還有一些非常有趣的發現... （有興趣瞭解的朋友們，可以和你們直接分享。）
原來，這套系統最大的功能，是通過持續血糖數據，
Monitor我們的生活習慣，睡眠中的血糖狀態，飲食習慣，
自我壓力管理和疲勞狀態等等，
當然，直接看到我們在不同的情況下，血糖的含量。
也看到我們對胰島素的阻抗有多大，我們的胰島素的效能好不好...
讀懂這些數據，就是讀懂自己的身體，善用這些數據，
也看到我們對胰島素的阻抗有多大，我們的胰島素的效能好不好...
讀懂這些數據，就是讀懂自己的身體，善用這些數據，
可以改寫生活習慣和思維模式，身心平衡，身心安頓，
也可預防糖尿病和各種疾病！
對於糖尿病患者，這種微型管理器，幫助自己瞭解血糖變化與外界因素和内在因素的關係，就可以tailored-made自我管理的方案，
健康，自我掌控。
生命，走的更遠！
參考：
對於糖尿病患者，這種微型管理器，幫助自己瞭解血糖變化與外界因素和内在因素的關係，就可以tailored-made自我管理的方案，
健康，自我掌控。
生命，走的更遠！
參考：
隱形殺手 - 胰島素阻抗
知道自己有糖尿病嗎？
James 自我治療和管理糖尿病的個案
從“天蠶脚”到恢復正常皮膚的過程 - 糖尿并發症治療
逆轉糖尿病 - DIBIPRO Introduction In Picture Form
身心排毒與免疫系統的關係
人生轉捩點 - 從逃避到和的身心做好朋友
三高、癌症、脂肪肝和糖尿病自我療愈 - 案列和方法
Donna 人性化、個人化的身心療愈
2024 9 7
Friday, October 4, 2024
隱形殺手 - 胰島素阻抗
胰島素阻抗帶給我們多少問題？
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朋友們和我分享健康問題，分享他們的精神壓力和生活狀況：
長期在壓力下工作，也有心臟功能不正常的現象，頭暈或心律不齊、頭暈、耳水不平衡等現象。
我深深為她/他們感到辛苦。我分享經驗和這幾年工作中得到的啓發和建議。
我說：朋友們，當你感覺要看醫生，就馬上看，要去醫院，馬上去！那就是直覺很重要！
我說：朋友們，當你感覺要看醫生，就馬上看，要去醫院，馬上去！那就是直覺很重要！
這幾年，我開始走身心靈道路，走自然醫學的道路，我更加覺得，自己是自己最貼身的醫生。只有自己，最知道自己身體需要什麽，源頭在哪裏？爲什麽會有問題... 如何改善。
如果不知，也是正常，就一定要去學。
可以常常檢視：
睡眠質素好嗎？
吃了些什麽？如何吃？
睡眠質素好嗎？
吃了些什麽？如何吃？
營養均衡嗎？營養夠嗎？
有沒有排毒？
運動夠嗎？
心情如何？關係如何？爲自己減壓？
這些，都可以直接或間接影響我們的荷爾蒙，影響血壓、膽固醇和血脂、心臟功能，所有器官的發揮，關鍵是綫粒體的能量發揮，影響代謝功能，大部分的免疫系統運作！
運動夠嗎？
心情如何？關係如何？爲自己減壓？
這些，都可以直接或間接影響我們的荷爾蒙，影響血壓、膽固醇和血脂、心臟功能，所有器官的發揮，關鍵是綫粒體的能量發揮，影響代謝功能，大部分的免疫系統運作！
因爲胰島素，血清素和腎上腺素，皮質素，都受到以上情況的影響，一環扣一環，影響各種荷爾蒙的影響，繼而影響胰島素的分泌和營養、食物的吸收和代謝。
這些荷爾蒙，也直接影響胰島素吸收，也直接影響血糖的穩定性。
控制的不好，就會有胰島素阻抗，身體產生糖化反應，長期處於糖化狀態，
產生糖尿病的機會或糖尿病前期的機會大增。
而糖尿病是全身性的衰退症，看看糖尿病的并發症，或胰島素阻抗是如何導致以下種種疾病：
我建議朋友們多多留意自己的血糖，從源頭做起，做好排毒和健康的基本功，可參考我的體驗和發現：
參考我的12 天/24小時的血糖監測發現：
歡迎大家來到我的 《與糖共舞》工作坊：
《與糖共舞》！
我的第一手資料，寳貴的經歷，值得和大家分享，糖尿病，人人
都“隨手可得”，真的嗎？難怪70%的人可能已經有糖尿病前期。如何預防？
如何逆轉糖尿病？
Reference
什麼是胰島素抗性？
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22206-insulin-resistance
當肌肉、脂肪和肝臟中的細胞無法對胰島素做出應有的反應時，就會發生胰島素阻抗，也稱為胰島素敏感性受損。至關重要。胰島素阻抗可以是暫時的或慢性的，並且在某些情況下是可以治療的。
正常情況下，胰島素會依照以下步驟發揮作用：
您的身體將您吃的食物分解為葡萄糖（糖），這是您身體的主要能量來源。
葡萄糖進入您的血液，向您的胰腺發出信號以釋放胰島素。
胰島素幫助血液中的葡萄糖進入肌肉、脂肪和肝細胞，以便它們可以將其用作能量或儲存起來以供以後使用。
當葡萄糖進入您的細胞並且血液中的水平下降時，它會向您的胰腺發出停止產生胰島素的信號。
由於多種原因，您的肌肉、脂肪和肝細胞可能會對胰島素做出不適當的反應，這意味著它們無法有效地從您的血液中吸收或儲存葡萄糖。這就是胰島素抗性。因此，您的胰臟會產生更多的胰島素來試圖克服不斷升高的血糖水平。這稱為高胰島素血症。
只要您的胰臟能夠產生足夠的胰島素來克服細胞對胰島素的微弱反應，您的血糖水平就會保持在健康範圍內。如果您的細胞對胰島素變得過於抵抗，就會導致血糖水平升高（高血糖），隨著時間的推移，會導致糖尿病前期和第 2 型糖尿病。
除了第 2 型糖尿病之外，胰島素阻抗還與其他幾種疾病有關，包括：
肥胖。
心血管疾病。
非酒精性脂肪肝。
代謝症候群。
多囊性卵巢症候群（PCOS）。
What is insulin resistance?
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22187-cortisol so many functions
Insulin resistance, also known as impaired insulin sensitivity, happens when cells in your muscles, fat and liver don’t respond as they should to insulin, a hormone your pancreas makes that’s essential for life and regulating blood glucose (sugar) levels. Insulin resistance can be temporary or chronic and is treatable in some cases.
Under normal circumstances, insulin functions in the following steps:
- Your body breaks down the food you eat into glucose (sugar), which is your body’s main source of energy.
- Glucose enters your bloodstream, which signals your pancreas to release insulin.
- Insulin helps glucose in your blood enter your muscle, fat and liver cells so they can use it for energy or store it for later use.
- When glucose enters your cells and the levels in your bloodstream decrease, it signals your pancreas to stop producing insulin.
For several reasons, your muscle, fat and liver cells can respond inappropriately to insulin, which means they can’t efficiently take up glucose from your blood or store it. This is insulin resistance. As a result, your pancreas makes more insulin to try to overcome your increasing blood glucose levels. This is called hyperinsulinemia.
As long as your pancreas can make enough insulin to overcome your cells’ weak response to insulin, your blood sugar levels will stay in a healthy range. If your cells become too resistant to insulin, it leads to elevated blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia), which, over time, leads to prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.
In addition to Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance is associated with several other conditions, including:
- Obesity.
- Cardiovascular disease.
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- Metabolic syndrome.
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
What is the difference between insulin resistance and diabetes?
Anyone can develop insulin resistance — temporarily or chronically. Over time, chronic insulin resistance can lead to prediabetes and then Type 2 diabetes if it’s not treated or able to be treated.
Prediabetes happens when your blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Prediabetes usually occurs in people who already have some insulin resistance.
Prediabetes can lead to Type 2 diabetes (T2D), the most common type of diabetes. T2D happens when your pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin or your body doesn’t use insulin well (insulin resistance), resulting in high blood glucose levels.
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) happens when your body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in your pancreas for an unknown reason. T1D is an autoimmune and chronic disease, and people with T1D have to inject synthetic insulin to live and be healthy. While T1D is not caused by insulin resistance, people with T1D can experience levels of insulin resistance in which their cells don’t respond well to the insulin they inject.
Gestational diabetes is a temporary form of diabetes that can happen during pregnancy. It’s caused by insulin resistance that’s due to the hormones the placenta makes. Gestational diabetes goes away once you deliver your baby. Approximately 3% to 8% of all people who are pregnant people in the United States are diagnosed with gestational diabetes.
Healthcare providers often use a blood test called glycated hemoglobin (A1c) to diagnose diabetes. It shows your average blood sugar level for the past three months. In general:
- An A1c level below 5.7% is considered normal.
- An A1c level between 5.7% and 6.4% is considered prediabetes.
- An A1c level of 6.5% or higher on two separate tests indicates type 2 diabetes.
People with Type 1 diabetes usually have a very high A1C and very high blood glucose levels upon diagnosis because their pancreas is producing very little or no insulin.
Who does insulin resistance affect?
Insulin resistance can affect anyone — you don’t have to have diabetes — and it can be temporary (for example, using steroid medication for a brief period causes insulin resistance) or chronic. The two main factors that seem to contribute to insulin resistance are excess body fat, especially around your belly, and a lack of physical activity.
People who have prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes usually have some level of insulin resistance. People with Type 1 diabetes can also experience insulin resistance.
How common is insulin resistance?
Since there aren’t any common tests to check for insulin resistance and there aren’t any symptoms until it turns into prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes, the best way to measure the prevalence of insulin resistance is through the number of prediabetes cases. More than 84 million adults in the United States have prediabetes. That’s about 1 out of every 3 adults.
How does insulin resistance affect my body?
The development of insulin resistance typically increases insulin production (hyperinsulinemia) so your body can maintain healthy blood sugar levels. Elevated levels of insulin can result in weight gain, which, in turn, makes insulin resistance worse.
Hyperinsulinemia is also associated with the following conditions:
- Higher triglyceride levels.
- Hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis).
- High blood pressure (hypertension).
Insulin resistance is also the main feature of metabolic syndrome, which is a set of features that link excess fat around the waist and insulin resistance to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.
Features of metabolic syndrome include:
- Elevated blood glucose levels.
- An elevated triglyceride level.
- Low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
- High blood pressure.
You don’t have to have all four of these features to have metabolic syndrome.
Symptoms and Causes
What are the symptoms of insulin resistance?
If you have insulin resistance, but your pancreas can increase insulin production to keep your blood sugar levels in range, you won’t have any symptoms.
However, over time, insulin resistance can get worse, and the cells in your pancreas that make insulin can wear out. Eventually, your pancreas is no longer able to produce enough insulin to overcome the resistance, leading to elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), which does cause symptoms.
Symptoms of high blood sugar include:
- Increased thirst.
- Frequent urination (peeing).
- Increased hunger.
- Blurred vision.
- Headaches.
- Vaginal and skin infections.
- Slow-healing cuts and sores.
Many people have no symptoms of prediabetes, often for years. Prediabetes may be invisible until it develops into Type 2 diabetes. Some people with prediabetes may experience the following symptoms:
- Darkened skin in your armpit or back and sides of your neck, called acanthosis nigricans.
- Skin tags (small skin growths).
- Eye changes that can lead to diabetes-related retinopathy.
If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, it’s important to see your healthcare provider.
What causes insulin resistance?
Scientists still have a lot to discover about how exactly insulin resistance develops. So far, they’ve identified several genes that make a person more or less likely to develop insulin resistance. In addition, older people are more prone to insulin resistance.
Several factors and conditions can cause varying degrees of insulin resistance. Scientists believe that excess body fat, especially around your belly, and physical inactivity are the two main contributing factors to insulin resistance.
Acquired causes of insulin resistance
Acquired causes, meaning you’re not born with the cause, of insulin resistance include:
- Excess body fat: Scientists believe obesity, especially excess fat in your belly and around your organs (visceral fat), is a primary cause of insulin resistance. A waist measurement of 40 inches or more for men and people assigned male at birth and 35 inches or more for women and people assigned female at birth is linked to insulin resistance. Studies have shown that belly fat makes hormones and other substances that can contribute to long-term inflammation in your body. This inflammation may play a role in insulin resistance
- Physical inactivity: Physical activity makes your body more sensitive to insulin and builds muscle that can absorb blood glucose. A lack of physical activity can have opposite effects and cause insulin resistance. In addition, a lack of physical activity and a sedentary lifestyle are associated with weight gain, which can also contribute to insulin resistance.
- Diet: A diet of highly processed, high-carbohydrate foods and saturated fats has been linked to insulin resistance. Your body digests highly processed, high-carbohydrate foods very quickly, which causes your blood sugar to spike. This puts extra stress on your pancreas to produce a lot of insulin, which, over time, can lead to insulin resistance.
- Certain medications: Certain medications can cause insulin resistance, including steroids, some blood pressure medications, certain HIV treatments and some psychiatric medications.
Hormonal disorders that can cause insulin resistance
Your body makes hundreds of hormones, which are chemicals that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, muscles and other tissues. These signals tell your body what to do and when to do it.
Issues with certain hormones can affect how well your body uses insulin. Hormonal disorders that can cause insulin resistance include:
- Cushing’s syndrome: This condition happens when there’s extra cortisol in your body. Cortisol, the “stress hormone,” is vital to regulating your blood sugar levels (by increasing them) and turning food into energy. Excess cortisol can counteract the effects of insulin, causing insulin resistance.
- Acromegaly: This is a rare but serious condition that happens when you have high levels of growth hormone (GH). High levels of GH can cause increased production of glucose, which can lead to insulin resistance.
- Hypothyroidism: This condition happens when your thyroid is underactive and doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormone. Your thyroid plays a large role in regulating your metabolism (how your body transforms the food you eat into energy). When it makes too little thyroid hormone, it slows down your metabolism, including your glucose metabolism, which can lead to insulin resistance.
Genetic conditions that cause insulin resistance
Certain inherited genetic conditions (conditions you’re born with) can cause insulin resistance for various reasons.
There’s a group of rare related conditions described as inherited severe insulin resistance syndromes that are considered part of a spectrum. Listed from most mild to most severe, these syndromes include:
- Type A insulin resistance syndrome: In people with Type A insulin resistance syndrome, insulin resistance impairs blood sugar regulation and ultimately leads to diabetes. The insulin resistance and other symptoms often don’t become apparent until puberty or later. It’s generally not life-threatening.
- Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome: People who have Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome are unusually small starting before birth, and affected infants experience failure to thrive, which means they don’t grow and gain weight at the expected rate. People with Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome develop signs and symptoms early in life and live into their teens or 20s. Death usually results from complications related to diabetes.
- Donohue syndrome: People with Donohue syndrome are unusually small starting before birth, and affected infants experience failure to thrive. Additional symptoms that become apparent soon after birth include a lack of fatty tissue under the skin, wasting (atrophy) of muscles and excessive body hair growth (hirsutism). Most children with this condition don’t survive beyond age 2.
Other inherited conditions that cause insulin resistance include:
- Myotonic dystrophy: This is a form of muscular dystrophy that affects your muscles, eyes and endocrine system organs, which includes your pancreas. Muscle insulin sensitivity is decreased by about 70% in people with myotonic dystrophy, which leads to insulin resistance.
- Alström syndrome: This is a rare inherited condition that’s characterized by a progressive loss of vision and hearing, dilated cardiomyopathy, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and short stature.
- Werner syndrome: This is a rare progressive disorder that’s characterized by the appearance of unusually accelerated aging (progeria). It affects many aspects of your body, including abnormal production of insulin and resistance to the effects of insulin.
- Inherited lipodystrophy: This is a condition in which your body doesn’t use and store fat properly. The main cause of insulin resistance in lipodystrophy is that excess glucose cannot be stored in fat tissue.