How Insulin Resistance Damages The Body Over Time
The same root cause — different tissues — different speeds
Root cause: Insulin Resistance — usually silent for 10–25 years, but never inactive
Movement & nervous system
😰 Anxiety
🔁 OCD / rumination
⚡ ADHD / inattention
😴 Sleep disruption
😞 Restless
🧠 Brain fog
🦵 Restless legs
Years 2 – 7 · Earliest
Vata
Light · Fast · Mobile
Air & space · Nervous system
Quick to arise · Quick to resolve
Quick to arise · Quick to resolve
Transformation & inflammation
🔥 Chronic inflammation
🦠 Leaky gut / IBS
🫀 MASLD (fatty liver)
🦴 Arthritis / joint pain
🦋 Thyroid disruption
😮💨 Asthma
🔬 Metabolic syndrome
Years 5 – 15 · Intermediate
Pitta
Fire · Heat · Chemical
Fire & water · Liver & gut
Transformative · Inflammatory
Transformative · Inflammatory
Structure & accumulation
🩺 Hypertension
⚖️ Visceral obesity
💉 Type 2 diabetes
❤️ Cardiovascular disease
🧠 Alzheimer's disease
🩸 Stroke
😞 Depression
Years 10 – 25+ · Slowest
Kapha
Heavy · Slow · Structural
Earth & water · Blood vessels
Depositional · Hard to reverse
Depositional · Hard to reverse
By the time hypertension is diagnosed, anxiety has often been present for a decade or more — both are expressions of the same root cause at different stages of the same process.