Insulin resistance

More than any other disease, insulin resistance and its implication for the onset of diabetes has been most costly for humans. Diabetes, after all, affects every system and every organ in the human body – leaving many to wonder why evolution created such fragile structures. But then, such an outcome could be put down to over consumption for the most prevalent type of the disease. Humans, brought up largely on protein, from their inception, succumbed to agriculture just a few thousand years ago resulting in carbohydrate loads with disastrous consequences on their psyche and physique.

Diabetes, the most scary disease for modern humans, is relatively new and may have sufficient power to eradicate the species. Since it is not driven by any extra-human organism and is nourished by the habits of the modern human unaware of her make-up, it is unlikely to be solved by research and development. Nature, after all, is significantly more robust than anything that upstart humans can cook up. One cannot underestimate the influence afforded by the convenience and fast foods on the epidemic – some serving up sugar in water and others starch on the bun.

As the brightest and the talented worry about global warming, nuclear meltdown and meteor hits, a quiet killer is eating into the souls of humans, with predictable results.