We now know that this is not the case.
Insulin and it's receptor are functioning just fine,
but there is too much sugar in the cell because too much is being
eaten in the form of carbohydrates or too often a combination of both.
So insulin is working hard to cram all that glucose in the cell but
the cell is just too full.
The pancreas senses all the glucose floating around and starts pumping out
more and more insulin which elevates the amount of insulin in the blood.
The body's trying to use up all that energy so it stores it as glycogen in
the liver and muscles and start storing it as fact or what is called de novo
lipogenesis, meaning that the carbs you're eating are turning into fat.
The fat cells starts storing fat and get bigger and bigger.
They don't multiply to accommodate that excess fat.
Once the fat cells get too big,
fat starts depositing in other organs outside of the fat tissue.
We call this ectopic fat deposition, and
it starts in your liver, which is what causes fatty liver,
a very dangerous condition that can lead to liver failure if not addressed.
It also deposits in your blood vessels and elsewhere.
This growing fat mass causes the immune system to activate.
This is the inflammatory response and that is what is behind the inflammation and
clogging of your blood vessels.