Insulin resistance—the body’s inability to regulate blood sugar levels properly—may be a silent killer hunting the pancreas, inflaming and mutating its cells into ticking time bombs.
Research suggests a link between elevated insulin, linked to poor diet and obesity, and the development of pancreatic cancer, which is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
How Elevated Insulin Causes Pancreatic Cancer
Insulin resistance is a condition where the body’s cells don’t respond effectively to insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas that prompts cells to pull sugar from the blood to use as energy. Insulin resistance leads to elevated blood sugar levels and can cause Type 2 diabetes.
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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.
