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Definition of "hyperinsulinemia" [hyperinsulinemia]

  • The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production (noun)

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Use "hyperinsulinemia" in a sentence
  • "If you have insulin resistance, a normal amount of insulin isn’t enough to do this, and the body starts making more, resulting in a condition called hyperinsulinemia too much insulin."
  • "(Extremely excessive consumption of - primarily refined - carbohydrate being, of course, the root cause of hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.)"
  • "These impairments correlated with critical clinical measures of obesity including liver fat accumulation, reduced whole-body insulin sensitivity, hyperinsulinemia, hypoadiponectinemia and adipocyte hypertrophy."