Insulin Resistance Disorder is a syndrome in which a person’s body may produce insulin, but they are unable to utilize it for fuel. In a normal functioning individual, the pancreas will produce insulin which is transported in the bloodstream. The insulin converts sugar from digested food into energy and moves it into muscles, fat, and tissues within the body. When a person has insulin resistance disorder, their insulin metabolism-not their insulin function-is impaired. Therefore, their blood sugar will remain elevated until additional insulin is produced.

To compensate for the abundance of sugar in the blood, the liver will respond by decreasing the production of glucose. This reduction, however, may not occur in people with this disorder. In addition to the cells being deprived of glucose and the liver overproducing glucose, the fat cells are affected as well. Without insulin to help contain and break down lipids and triglycerides, fatty acids …