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    • EMG TEST
    • FOOT DROP
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    • LPR
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      • METAL TASTE
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  • Home
  • A L S
    • A L S FEAR
    • ATROPHY, DENTS
    • BFS
    • EMG TEST
    • FOOT DROP
    • REASSURANCE
    • STRENGTH TESTS
    • TWITCHING BODYWIDE
    • TWITCHING LOWER BODY
      • FEET, TOES
      • QUADS, HAMSTRINGS
    • TWITCHING UPPER BODY
      • ARM, HAND, FINGERS
      • CHEST
      • EYELID
      • LIP, FACE
      • STOMACH, SHOULDER, NECK
      • TONGUE
  • CANCER
    • BLADDER
    • BRAIN TUMORS
    • CERVICAL, ANAL
    • COLON
    • LARYNGEAL
    • LYMPHOMA
    • MELANOMA
      • APPEARANCE
      • RISK FACTORS
    • OVARIAN
    • UTERINE
  • CARDIAC
    • AORTIC ANEURYSM
      • EXERCISE
      • REPAIR
    • BLOOD PRESSURE
    • CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY
    • CHEST PAIN
      • HEART CAUSES
      • NON-HEART CAUSES
    • HEART ATTACK
      • RISKS
      • SYMPTOMS
      • TESTS
    • PVCs, PALPITATIONS
      • CAUSES
      • DANGERS
      • EXERCISE
  • Headache
    • ANEURYSM
    • BRAIN TUMORS
    • MIGRAINE HEADACHES
    • ACUTE SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
  • MOLES
    • BLEEDING MOLES
    • CHANGING MOLES
    • MANY MOLES
    • NEW MOLES
    • REMOVAL
  • MOUTH, THROAT
    • BURPING
    • LPR
    • LUMP, STUCK FEELING
    • PHANTOM TASTES
      • FOUL TASTE
      • METAL TASTE
    • TONGUE PROBLEMS
    • SWALLOWING
    • VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION
  • Pain
    • BACK
      • HERNIATED DISC
      • OTHER
    • CALVES
    • FIBROMYALGIA
    • KNEE
    • PELVIC
    • SCIATICA
    • SHOULDER
  • STOOLS
    • BLOODY
    • COLOR
    • CONSTIPATION
    • IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
    • MICROSCOPIC COLITIS
    • PENCIL THIN
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    Diet & Exercise Trump Genetics for Type 2 Diabetes

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance

Diet & Exercise Trump Genetics for Type 2 Diabetes

A healthy diet and exercise can significantly reduce risk of type 2 diabetes even in those with a high genetic predisposition to the disease, says research from the University of Eastern Finland. […]

ELLSSEE 2024-12-18T21:35:11-07:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance|
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    Preventing Prediabetes from Becoming Diabetes: You CAN Do It

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES

Preventing Prediabetes from Becoming Diabetes: You CAN Do It

Here’s exactly how to prevent prediabetes from ever becoming type 2 diabetes. You do NOT have to ever become a diabetic. […]

ELLSSEE 2025-05-04T13:34:03-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES|
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    Really Hungry All the Time but Normal Test Results?

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES

Really Hungry All the Time but Normal Test Results?

Are you raging hungry all the time even if you don’t exercise much, yet your doctor can’t figure out why? And all your tests are normal! […]

ELLSSEE 2023-05-08T12:53:44-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES|

Diabetes Awareness Month: Getting Results in Management & Prevention of Its Complications

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Every November, National Diabetes Awareness Month is recognized by organizations, charities and individuals in order to increase visibility of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, [...]

ELLSSEE 2025-05-03T20:17:52-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES|
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    Fasting Glucose 109, Normal A1C: What Does this Mean?

    Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES

Fasting Glucose 109, Normal A1C: What Does this Mean?

A normal A1C is always good news, but what if it comes with a fasting glucose of 109, which is in the so-called prediabetic range? “A fasting glucose is a snapshot of what someone’s blood [...]

ELLSSEE 2025-05-04T18:00:49-06:00 Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES|
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    Should You Go to ER if Your Blood Sugar Is in the 300’s?

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance

Should You Go to ER if Your Blood Sugar Is in the 300’s?

A blood sugar in the 300’s is dangerously high, and all diabetics need to recognize when it’s time to rush to the emergency room when their glucose levels soar into an unacceptable range. [...]

ELLSSEE 2025-04-28T19:35:38-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance|
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    Can Insulin Resistance from Poor Sleep Be Reversed Easily ?

    Insulin Resistance, SLEEP APNEA, SLEEP PARALYSIS

Can Insulin Resistance from Poor Sleep Be Reversed Easily ?

Poor sleep can lead to insulin resistance, which is a progenitor of type 2 diabetes. There are several things you can do to reverse insulin resistance that’s caused by or made worse by poor sleep—as [...]

ELLSSEE 2022-09-30T10:24:01-06:00 Insulin Resistance, SLEEP APNEA, SLEEP PARALYSIS|
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    Fasting Glucose Reading of 119: How Dangerous Is This?

    Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES

Fasting Glucose Reading of 119: How Dangerous Is This?

It’s not health anxiety if you keep worrying about your fasting blood sugar being around 119. Because if you keep seeing 119, you’re in big trouble – and your excessive worrying is quite justified. [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-09-02T14:56:02-06:00 Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES|
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    A1C of 5.9: What Exactly Does this Mean for Diabetes?

    Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES

A1C of 5.9: What Exactly Does this Mean for Diabetes?

Beware if your A1C came back as 5.9. Though this doesn’t mean (yet) that you have diabetes, it means that type 2 diabetes is rapping hard on your door and you’d better up the ante [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-05-02T21:16:17-06:00 Insulin Resistance, PREDIABETES|
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    Fear of Diabetes Makes Non-Diabetic Often Check Blood Sugar

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance

Fear of Diabetes Makes Non-Diabetic Often Check Blood Sugar

Do you have “diabetichondria” & often prick your fingers for blood sugar readings even though you don’t have diabetes and your doctor in fact says you’re healthy? Diabetichondria is out there, and it hurts: all [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-05-19T18:45:09-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance|
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    Normal Blood Sugar in a Plus Size Woman Doesn’t Mean Healthy

    Insulin Resistance, Obesity Health

Normal Blood Sugar in a Plus Size Woman Doesn’t Mean Healthy

Just because a plus size woman has normal blood sugar does NOT mean she is healthy. A blood sugar reading is not the only metric for good health in the body. However, many body positivity [...]

ELLSSEE 2023-05-08T12:54:30-06:00 Insulin Resistance, Obesity Health|
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    You Know Your Diabetes Is Uncontrolled When …

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance

You Know Your Diabetes Is Uncontrolled When …

You can live to 100 with controlled diabetes, but uncontrolled diabetes can kill you in a flash and is the leading cause of blindness and amputation in the U.S. There is no reason for diabetes [...]

ELLSSEE 2025-05-24T11:46:32-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance|
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    INSULIN RESISTANCE: Dangerous Harbinger to Diabetes

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance

INSULIN RESISTANCE: Dangerous Harbinger to Diabetes

If you’ve been diagnosed with insulin resistance, you’re on a collision course with type 2 diabetes. Make no mistake, insulin resistance – though it may sound rather benign – is a setup for the No. [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-04-15T22:49:39-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance|

The Insulin Resistance Connection to Juices and Fruits

Can drinking huge amounts of juice daily lead to insulin resistance? Are you a big juice drinker and wondering if this might cause insulin resistance, a harbinger of type 2 diabetes? We grow up hearing [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-04-19T10:42:37-06:00 Insulin Resistance|
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    Does Insulin Resistance Always Make You Gain Weight?

    Insulin Resistance, Weight Gain

Does Insulin Resistance Always Make You Gain Weight?

Will insulin resistance make you gain weight? It’s easy to conclude that insulin resistance will lead to weight gain. Insulin resistance is when the body’s cells no longer utilize this hormone efficiently, resulting in blood [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-04-20T16:38:52-06:00 Insulin Resistance, Weight Gain|

Can Lifting Weights Fight Off Insulin Resistance?

One more reason to lift weights is that it will prove a mighty defense against insulin resistance. And you do not want insulin resistance. This is a precursor to type 2 diabetes. Normal fasting blood [...]

ELLSSEE 2023-05-08T12:51:19-06:00 Insulin Resistance, Strength Training|

Reverse Insulin Resistance with T3 Bioidentical Hormone

Insulin resistance or prediabetes can be successfully treated or reversed with T3, a bioidentical hormone, says Dr. Kent Holtorf, MD, thyroidologist and founder of Holtorf Medical Group in California. Though a diagnosis of insulin resistance [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-08-09T18:50:01-06:00 Insulin Resistance|

Can Intense Exercise Prevent Insulin Resistance?

Is it really true that intense exercise can prevent you from ever getting insulin resistance? IR is when the body’s cells can no longer efficiently “take” the glucose molecules that are delivered to them via the [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-04-18T18:04:31-06:00 Insulin Resistance|
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    Can Insomnia, Poor Sleep, Cause Insulin Resistance?

    Insomnia, Insulin Resistance

Can Insomnia, Poor Sleep, Cause Insulin Resistance?

Who’d ever think that poor sleep or insomnia can actually cause insulin resistance? But it can. Insulin resistance is associated with obesity, even being moderately overweight, lack of exercise and poor diet. It can lead [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-09-23T13:00:53-06:00 Insomnia, Insulin Resistance|

Can Insulin Resistance Kill You?

Wondering if insulin resistance can kill a person? Can you actually die, directly, from insulin resistance? This is a fair question, because insulin resistance is a precursor to type 2 diabetes, and type 2 diabetes [...]

ELLSSEE 2023-04-10T13:56:03-06:00 Insulin Resistance|

Improve Your Blood Sugars by Tweaking Carb Intake

There are several ways to improve your blood sugar levels (glucose metabolism) by making changes to your carbohydrate intake. You may have increased awareness of glucose metabolism in an effort to prevent type 2 diabetes [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-05-19T18:46:02-06:00 Insulin Resistance, Nutrition|

Lean Fit People Who Exercise Can Get Insulin Resistance

It’s alarming but true that lean fit people who exercise can develop insulin resistance. You’ve most likely heard of insulin resistance, and it seems that every article about insulin resistance contains the words overweight, obese, [...]

ELLSSEE 2023-04-10T13:56:05-06:00 Insulin Resistance|
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    What Can Lean, Fit People Do to Prevent Insulin Resistance?

    Insulin Resistance

What Can Lean, Fit People Do to Prevent Insulin Resistance?

David Edelson, MD, says that even lean, fit athletes can develop insulin resistance but there are ways to help prevent it. First of all, examine your sleeping habits. Spiegel et al, found that “In laboratory [...]

ELLSSEE 2025-03-31T12:51:48-06:00 Insulin Resistance|
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    Time It Takes to Reverse Insulin Resistance?

    Insulin Resistance

Time It Takes to Reverse Insulin Resistance?

How long would it take to reverse insulin resistance with diet and exercise? So how long does it usually take to reverse insulin resistance with diet and exercise? As far as how long it would [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-04-23T19:46:28-06:00 Insulin Resistance|
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    Insulin Resistance: How Long Does It Take to Reverse?

    Insulin Resistance

Insulin Resistance: How Long Does It Take to Reverse?

Insulin resistance can be reversed with diet and exercise, but how long does it usually take? So how long should it take to reverse your insulin resistance? I asked Dr. David Edelson, MD, board certified [...]

ELLSSEE 2025-02-10T16:09:28-07:00 Insulin Resistance|
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    Does Fasting Glucose Reading of 106 Mean Insulin Resistance?

    DIABETES, Insulin Resistance

Does Fasting Glucose Reading of 106 Mean Insulin Resistance?

If your fasting glucose is about 106, do not panic, as this does not automatically mean you have insulin resistance or prediabetes. A few years ago I visited a general practitioner to find out why [...]

ELLSSEE 2024-05-06T20:57:47-06:00 DIABETES, Insulin Resistance|

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