Insulin Resistance: the silent killer that you can completely reverse – even if your doctor doesn ’ t know how

You may have already heard the term “insulin resistance,” as it has been widely discussed by doctors and the media. But did you know that you can reduce or reverse it in the vast majority of people? Insulin resistance, i.e., the inability of the body’s cells, especially liver, muscle, and brain, to respond to insulin and allow blood sugar to enter cells, drives numerous abnormal health conditions including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, fatty liver, Alzheimer’s dementia, and cancer. It is therefore a driving force behind so many modern and common chronic health conditions. You can recognize insulin resistance because it: Causes high resting blood sugars—i.e., any value above 90 mg/dl Causes high resting blood insulin—i.e., any value above 3 or 4 mIU/L. Causes higher blood triglycerides—Any value of 60 mg/dl or higher signals increasing levels of insulin resistance. The conventional medical response to even flagrant levels of insulin resistance? Mostly do nothing except to deal with overt consequences such as high blood sugar in the diabetic range (126 mg/dl or higher) or high triglycerides (400 mg/dl or higher). Some prescribe a class of drugs called glitazones or thiazolidinediones that modestly reduce insulin resistance but have been plagued with problems such as weight gain, massive fluid retention, and congestive heart failure. The original drug in its class, troglitazone, was withdrawn from the market du...
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