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Insullin and Atherosclerosis

The purpose of this research is to examine insulin as a risk factor for atherosclerosis. The plan of the research will be to set forth the connection that has been identified between insufficient insulin usage by the body system and cardiovascular disease, and then to discuss ways in which insulin has been identified in various research studies as a risk factor for atherosclerosis in particular. Unfortunately, despite the relative familiarity of insulin to professional clinical research, its function and role in the problems associated with atherosclerosis is imperfectly understood.

To say that insulin is a risk factor for atherosclerosis is somewhat misleading for the reason that it is a risk factor by negative inference. That is, atherosclerosis appears to be a consequence of what insulin does not do--or what it does badly--in its arterial functions. It may be useful to note that the dictionary identifies atherosclerosis as a subset of arteriosclerosis. It is the name given to the formation of plaque by fatty substances on the interior walls of arteries, hence, to the narrowing of the diameter of blood vessels. Insulin resistance, or insulin insensitivity, is the name given to the body's inefficient use of insulin to foster glucose metabolism, i.e., to flush away excess waste glucose. Insulin resistance is also sometimes called high blood sugar, and some studies describe insulin resistance in terms of the burden placed on the hyperglycemic system (13). (Indeed, the multiple terminology of insulin-related functions in the body that is found in the professional literature--particularly áwhen shades of meaning are either not explained or are presumed to be known--sometimes has the effect of making the process of decoding meanings and implications of the research rather complicated.)

Insulin resistance is associated with so-called Type 2 diabetes, which occurs in (often overweight) adults 45 years of age and which is associated wi...

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