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