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The Surprising Causes Behind the Insulin Resistance Epidemic

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The Surprising Causes Behind the Insulin Resistance Epidemic
For some time, the disease of obesity and diabetes were debated in a chicken-or-egg fashion. Behind both of these health problems is insulin resistance, and this hormonal dysfunction has a surprising cause. Iryna Inshyna/Shutterstock
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The fact that insulin resistance has become a global pandemic is also a topic of recent debate. Insulin resistance is a worrisome culprit in diseases from obesity to pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes, to dementia.

But what is the root cause of insulin resistance?

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