Insulin Resistance Syndrome is a metabolic condition that people experience when they are unable to use their insulin to convert sugar in the blood into the muscles to be used as fuel for the body. When this happens, the pancreas responds by producing more insulin, which does not get used and blood sugar and blood insulin levels both remain high. Repeated cycles of this process is dangerous to the individual and can eventually lead to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Some medical professionals believe that insulin resistance syndrome may lead to metabolic syndrome or syndrome x, which is also a metabolic disorder in which an individual suffers from a group of disorders characterized by heart disease. Researchers disagree if insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are causational or if they are indeed one in the same. Some experts believe that perpetual effects of insulin resistance and associated risk factors of metabolic syndrome …