BSR Week 3 Pt7: How blood sugar levels impact the cardiovascular system

Proteins and lipids of the vascular ______ are vulnerable to _____

endothelium, glycation

Hyperinsulinemia can increase ____ ____ (which are going to drive particles into our vascular walls)

blood pressure

Hyperinsulinemia can increase blood pressure:

• ____ _____

• acivation of the ___ ____ ____

• ____ dysfunction

  • Insulin resistance= impaired ____ ____ production (low nitric oxide= poor vasodilation)

  • Increased vasoconstrictor and adhesion molecules

sodium retention, sympathetic nervous system, endothelial, nitric oxide

• ____ ____= impraired nitric oxide production (low nitric oxide = _____ ______)

• increased ______ and _____ molecules

insulin resistance, poor vasodilation, vasoconstrictor, adhesion