Why Diabetes Patients Experience Drastic Weight Loss

Drastic weight loss is one of the common symptoms diabetes patients
experience before the occurrence of other more complicated diabetes
related health complications. The rate of weight loss can be
surprisingly fast even though the patient does not go for any gym or
weight loss exercise.When a diabetic patient realizes his waist line
is getting smaller, he might think that could be the result of the
change of diet and he mistakenly assumes that is a positive sign that
his body is becoming healthier and fitter. This misconception can be
fatal!This kind of drastic weight loss is usually experienced by
people who are having Type 2 Diabetes which is also known as Insulin
Resistance. At the early stage of Type 2 Diabetes, the patient should
experience frequent thirst and urination. Then the patient will also
experience frequent tiredness and hunger, even though he has enough
sleep and takes proper meal with sufficient amount of
carbohydrate.Frequent thirst and urination is the direct result of the
elevated glucose level in the blood which increase osmotic pressure in
the blood that "sucks" the water away from the body cells. This
process is known as dehydration.When someone is suffering from Insulin
Resistance, there is enough insulin produced by the pancreas to cope
with the glucose surge after a meal. But the problem is that the
insulin cannot be effectively utilized by the insulin receptors on the
cell membrane to open up the glucose channels that allow the glucose
molecules to enter the cells to be used for energy production.And when
the glucose cannot enter the cells, it bounces back into the
bloodstream and that is why the blood sugar level remains high even a
few hours after the meal. And these unused glucose molecules will be
excreted out from the body through urine. This means that the food you
eat will be wasted into the toilet bowl!When the cells do not get the
glucose required for energy production, it will send out the signals
of tiredness and hunger to the master hoping that he will take in more
food. If the owner of the body cannot withstand the hunger and eat to
quench the hunger, he will only push the blood glucose level even
higher. Long term exposure to high blood glucose will result in the
thickening of the artery wall and blockage of fluid exchange
passages.But if the patient manages to resist the hunger pang and
suppresses himself from eating anything, this will force the body to
shift to alternate source of energy supply, the stored fat. In order
to maintain the fundamental metabolisms, the body has to try its best
to source for alternative energy supply. The most direct way is to
break down the stored fat through a process known as lipolysis which
converts the fat into fatty acids and ketones to be used by the cells
for energy production.It is fine if lipolysis happens gradually, but
if this process is called up on a continuous basis, it will burn away
the stored fat in a rapid rate and releases those toxics (that are
hidden in the fat over the years) into the bloodstream. This is the
beginning of the domino effect of organs failure where one organ fails
after another which will eventually take away the patient's life in a
painful way.