Insulin production occurs in the pancreas as a direct response to food being broken down in the digestive system and entering the blood in the form of glucose. This glucose or blood sugar is transported through the body via the circulatory system and is delivered to the cells of the body through the helping hand of the insulin hormone. What is supposed to happen is that food becomes glucose which is then used to fuel the body but unfortunately enough for many people the body slows in response to insulin over long periods of time and the glucose in the blood doesn’t get delivered to the cells in a timely manner. As a result blood sugar levels remain too high for too long and they inflict damage on the body.
The natural response to this condition is to wonder what causes insulin resistance and what can you do about it. Well, the basic answers to these questions are two-fold. You need to start changing habits which have contributed to decreases in insulin sensitivity and you need to take steps to increase insulin sensitivity while also seeking to increase insulin production naturally throughout your daily life.
Luckily a lot of actions you can take are steps in the right direction for satisfying all of these. For instance, the number one reason why your body slows in responding to insulin in the blood is because of a lack of physical activity in your life. This doesn’t always hold true for everyone but more times than not an increase in physical activity in a meaningful way can help increase insulin levels, decrease insulin resistance and improve the management of blood sugar levels. Exercise is the best thing you can do to regain your health.
One additional method that can augment exercise is far less well know however. Medical researchers have recently identified a statistical relationship between people who eat cherries daily and people who have higher levels of insulin. Basically these studies concluded that a substance in cherries was suggestive that the fruit could help a person increase their insulin levels naturally creating a viable embellishment to a program focused on reversing insulin resistance.
Of course you can’t eat a lot of cherries and expect the increases in insulin to compensate for your decreasing levels of insulin sensitivity so this method should only be used in conjunction with a traditional treatment plan for insulin resistance. If you do choose to try to eat more cherries to enhance your health program make sure to take them in extract form as this will eliminate many of the sugars that could counteract the benefits of the natural increase in insulin you receive.
