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Structural integrity, flexibility and permeability of cell membrane are crucial for any organism and diabetes is primarily a result of an improper cell membrane structure. This may surprise the mainstream which is obsessed with insulin based theories such as pancreas not producing enough insulin to meet body’s needs. Real problem in Type 2 diabetes is not lack of insulin but in most instances an excess of insulin which is ineffective against hardened cell membrane. When insulin knocks at the cellular door, a series of chemical reactions activate glucose transporters and for simplicity, let us discuss GLUT 4, which travel from inside of the cell towards membrane to facilitate glucose entry into the cell. The pathway all along is heavily a fat based construction on which these transporters go through.

It may be surprising to the fat haters who blame everything on fats, but in reality our cellular membrane structures are heavily dependent on fats as the structural element. If these are Omega 3 fatty acids, the cell membrane structure is supple and flexible enough for easy entry of not only sugar but other necessary molecules. If the body does not get sufficient amounts of these Omega 3 fatty acids, it substitutes whatever fats it is supplied with. These may be trans fats, hydrogenated oils, short and medium chain fatty acids. All these pose problems for proper entry of sugar and insulin becomes less effective as the GLUT 4 will have difficult passage to go through the stiffened membranes of wrong fats. Trace element Chromium helps to a certain extent to ease this condition, but it can only go so far under wrong structural integrity to begin with which is the main problem of diabetes.

This requires a paradigm shift in thinking on how to address the fundamental issue in diabetes which is the improper cell membrane. Diabetes is the result of food industry’s profit oriented thinking of long shelf life with wrong fats such as trans fats, hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated, short and medium chain fatty acids at the expense of long term health consequences of the population. This is only the partial story, as there is the other main culprit which is an extensive and indiscriminate use and promotion of refined sugars based products all over the super market shelves beyond what is a reasonable limit if any.

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