The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

by Jason Fung

(door) is open. The cell is now insulin resistant. To compensate, the body produces more insulin (subway pushers) to force more glucose inside, but over time this only makes it worse by creating higher insulin resistance. Insulin resistance creates hyperinsulinemia, and vice versa. The vicious cycle goes around and around. The cell is not in a state of internal starvation; instead, it is overflowing with glucose. As it spills out of the cell, blood glucose levels increase. And what happens to new fat production, or DNL? The cell is overfilled with glucose, not empty, so there is no reduction of DNL. Instead, the cell produces as much new fat as possible to relieve the internal congestion of glucose. If more new fat is created than can be exported, fat backs up in the liver, an organ not designed for fat storage. The result is