SLOWING DOWN AGING IN INSULIN-RESISTANT PATIENTS
Studies about the processes underlying cellular aging are making great progress in identifying the mechanisms that regulate them: and by knowing them, it’s possible to work in ways to slow them down and react to the development of degenerative diseases.
Antiaging medicine embraces this philosophy by working preventively, seeking causes and antidotes that can compensate for the alterations caused by aging.
13-10-2023
The areas of intervention of anti-aging medicine
Aging is a physiological process that can be accelerated by factors such as sun or pollution
exposure, unbalanced diet, bad sleep habits or hormonal imbalances. Each factor induces organic reactions that can influence performance, with direct repercussions on the biological processes that determine cellular aging.
Anti-aging medicine, therefore, adopts different approaches that include correct habits, balanced lifestyles and therapeutic interventions based on supplementation to fill the deficits related to age. Supplementation supports and strengthens the body both nutritionally and hormonally.
Anti-aging medicine searches for causes and effects to explain the mechanisms at the origin of the aging process. Recently, it has been studied the central role of insulin in organic well-being: in fact, it is clear that the aging of patients suffering from insulin resistance is often associated with many other pathologies.
Insulin resistance and aging
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that plays a fundamental role in the metabolism of sugars, fats and proteins since it manages the passage of glucose to the cells, lowering blood sugar levels in the blood. When the cells' receptivity to this hormone decreases, the sugar assimilation process becomes less effective, resulting in a higher concentration of glucose in the blood as well as an overproduction of insulin itself aimed at compensating for the inadequacy of the one already synthesized.
Hyperinsulinemia is a condition that tends to worsen with age and which can, in turn, be the cause of various pathologies, often produced by the hormonal imbalance generated. In particular, in insulin-resistant patients, disorders such as polycystic ovaries, alterations in thyroid function, increased visceral fat, tiredness, neurodegenerative diseases and hypertension can be found more frequently. Antiaging medicine, then, intervenes by reversing the process that determines this overproduction to eliminate the effects of the imbalance at the source.
Tests to evaluate insulin resistance
Although some factors can suggest insulin resistance - first of all, obesity - it’s not always easy to identify it. This is why it’s advisable to take specific tests that can clearly determine the patient's status in order to be able to intervene fast on diet and lifestyle.
The values of insulin resistance can be found through a simple blood test taken while fasting which searches for the insulin and glucose level: these values combined together according to a precise mathematical model return an index called HOMA that estimates insulin resistance. Once the presence of insulin resistance has been established, patients who suffer from it can undertake suitable therapeutic paths.
The antiaging medicine approach to insulin resistance
Against insulin resistance, anti-aging medicine suggests a combination of an adequate lifestyle - which involves regular physical activity -, a renewed ability to manage stress and a healthy diet, low in simple sugars and refined. With a correct dietary plan and abandoning a sedentary lifestyle, it’s possible to respond effectively and functionally to insulin resistance, even resorting to nutraceutical or hormonal supplements.
The Bonaccorso Studio implements the principles of anti-aging medicine to prevent and slow down the skin, cellular, brain and musculoskeletal aging. Dr. Michele Bonaccorso is a medical doctor, specializing in anesthesiology and intensive care. He has been studying functional medicine for over 10 years.
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