The Claim
In rat models, a moderately high-fat diet (9% w/w fat) or high-salt diet (8% NaCl) induces microvascular insulin resistance prior to the development of myocyte insulin resistance, and this vascular dysfunction alone is sufficient to impair in vivo muscle glucose uptake, suggesting that microvascular insulin resistance can act as an independent early contributor to systemic insulin resistance.
What the research says
Roughly balanced
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In rats, eating a diet that's a bit high in fat or salt messes up blood vessel function in muscles before the muscle cells themselves become resistant to insulin — and that blood vessel problem alone can slow down how much sugar the muscles take in.
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In rat models fed a moderately high-fat diet (9% w/w fat) or high-salt diet (8% NaCl), microvascular insulin resistance develops before detectable myocyte insulin resistance and is sufficient to reduce in vivo muscle glucose uptake, indicating that vascular dysfunction can be an independent early contributor to systemic insulin resistance.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Muscle microvascular blood flow responses in insulin resistance and ageing
The study shows that problems with tiny blood vessels in muscles can come before and contribute to insulin resistance, which supports the main idea in the claim, but it doesn't test the exact diets mentioned.
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