Insulin resistance is a survival mechanism, not a broken system

<p>Metabolic health educator Kevin Whitt discusses his article "<a href= "https://kevinmd.com/2026/02/insulin-resistance-is-not-a-disease-a-metabolic-reframe.html">Insulin resistance is not a disease: a metabolic reframe</a>." Kevin argues that the skyrocketing rates of Type 2 diabetes are not the result of defective biology, but rather a predictable response to chronically elevated blood sugar. The conversation challenges the traditional medical view of insulin resistance, reframing it as a protective mechanism where cells limit glucose uptake to prevent damage from substrate oversupply. Kevin highlights how modern medical education structurally …