Learning How To Reverse Insulin Resistance

By Serena Price


Many people could have a better quality of life if they understood the significance of the reverse insulin resistance lifestyle. Insulin resistance, in which the body cannot properly utilize glucose on a cellular level, makes people feel tired all the time, increases hunger, and can lead to serious health concerns. These include diabetes, heart disease, and obesity, major illnesses in the westernized world.

People should understand how food affects them and how their bodies operate. Because disorders of this type develop over time, people are lulled into a false sense of security. Busy people who live on snacks or fast food are especially at risk, but many who think their diet is just fine are doing themselves wrong three meals a day.

Glucose is present in food and also is made by the body from carbohydrates. Whole foods contain carbohydrates along with fibers and proteins which slow down digestion and provide a steady supply of glucose, which the body can handle naturally. However, refined carbohydrates are digested rapidly, blood sugar rises quickly, and too much insulin is released by the pancreas. This causes a blood sugar drop, which is a 'hunger' signal. The person eats again, probably the wrong sort of food, and the process repeats. This eventually causes cellular malfunction.

To compound the problem, when people eat too much of the wrong food, their body is also deprived of essential nutrition. Fiber, vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats may all be deficient. The body craves these things, but this manifests as a desire for addictive sugars. As hunger increases, busy people reach for convenience foods and gain weight but not health.

Fortunately this condition sends out warning signals, the most common being fatigue. If you are more tired than your daily grind indicates, and if your meals no longer give you energy like they once did, you might suspect that your bloodstream is overloaded with glucose that your cells cannot absorb. Without enough glucose, your cells cannot make the energy they need for repair and for producing energy you need to live life to the fullest.

The subject is complex but the solution is simple. The problem is caused by improper diet and a sedentary lifestyle. Restrict refined carbohydrates (it's sometimes easier to eliminate them all together), boost fiber-rich vegetables and fruit, and supplement with nutrients known to help balance insulin and glucose levels. Get enough protein from good sources and exercise regularly. Control your weight.

Supplements can help. Chromium, a trace mineral almost totally lacking in food grown for the mass market, keeps many people in balance when taken daily. Cinnamon is one herb that clinical tests show as helpful. Vitamin K, along with a daily multiple, citrus peel extract, and many other trace minerals and herbs have shown promise. Omega-3 fatty acids are hard to get in food and should be supplemented.

This condition - not a disease but an imbalance - can be misdiagnosed as diabetes. It makes you tired, fuzzy-headed, depressed, and overweight. Losing weight, exercising regularly, and eating right are key ways to reverse insulin resistance. You owe it to yourself to address this problem.




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