Article – Muscle Wasting: Another Casualty of Insulin Resistance

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In a new paper, Miguel Lanaspa and I show that muscle wasting (sarcopenia) in chronic kidney disease may be mediated by insulin resistance.  Insulin resistance results in a reduction in glucose and phosphate from entering the cell, and over time this can lead to less energy production by the muscle cell.  This is associated with both a reduction in muscle mass and some local inflammation.  Preventing insulin resistance by reducing carbohydrates (especially HFCS and sugar) and salt could be beneficial.

Read the article here.