| Insulin resistance symptoms can indicate that you're | | | | moderate systemic insulin resistance. (1) |
| heading toward diabetes. These symptoms are | | | | In just one month, formerly lean people were on the |
| warning signs that normal production of insulin doesn't | | | | path of destruction and developed a pre-diabetic |
| create a normal response in your body. Symptoms | | | | condition! |
| include fatigue, brain fog, bloating, sleepiness, and | | | | Fortunately, the subjects of the study appeared to |
| more. Read on to learn how to repair this potentially | | | | regain their health after they were allowed to return |
| dangerous problem. | | | | to their normal, healthy diets. |
| It's 2p.m. and lunch was over about 40 minutes ago. | | | | Dangerous Blood Sugar Levels… |
| You're sitting in a meeting in a tight, stuffy room with | | | | If four weeks of fast food can impair the function of |
| bad light. Your eyelids feel heavy and you're having | | | | insulin and begin the downward spiral into poor health, |
| a hard time concentrating. You can hear the traffic | | | | what can a lifetime of overeating and eating high |
| noises outside and the rhythmic white noise is putting | | | | carbohydrate diets do? |
| you into a trance. | | | | Insulin regulates blood sugar. It's also an important |
| "Sure," you think to yourself. "A nap would be just | | | | part of a balanced metabolism. When combating a |
| the thing right now." But instead you reach for the | | | | lifetime of donuts, bagels, and drive-through fast |
| afternoon donut and coffee. It's the only food they | | | | foods, you may want some help. |
| offered at the meeting. You figure you'll eat a salad | | | | You can improve insulin sensitivity by improving your |
| for dinner to make up for it. | | | | diet. Eat less sugar. Eat more fruits and veggies. |
| But What About The Real Problem? | | | | Use supplements containing resveratrol and |
| The feeling of wanting to take a nap could be telling | | | | coenzyme Q10. |
| you something. The brain fog that makes it hard to | | | | These essential nutrients… |
| pay attention is actually one of the insulin resistance | | | | - help alleviate insulin resistance symptoms (2), |
| symptoms that might clue you in to a much bigger | | | | - lower blood pressure, |
| problem than the empty calories in that donut you | | | | - improve insulin sensitivity, |
| ate! | | | | - and help manage blood sugar and fat metabolism. |
| Here's a little test to find out if you're experiencing | | | | Getting back to normal blood sugar levels will help |
| insulin resistance symptoms… | | | | you feel better and function better in work and in |
| - Do you get grumpy or confused if you don't eat | | | | play. |
| every few hours? | | | | You can be one of those people who never run out |
| - Do you find it difficult to follow directions? | | | | of energy. You can clear the brain fog and |
| - Do you suffer from frequent intestinal gas? | | | | depression. Supplementing with resveratrol and |
| - Do you have difficulty losing weight? | | | | coQ10 will help your body repair years of unhealthy |
| - Do you have high blood pressure? | | | | lifestyle choices. (3) |
| - Are you sometimes depressed? | | | | As always, check with your personal physician before |
| If you answered "yes" to these questions, or even | | | | making changes to your diet, exercise or |
| just a couple of them, you may have insulin | | | | supplements. |
| resistance. | | | | Sources: |
| In a study conducted by researchers at Linköping | | | | 1. "Short-Term Overeating Induces Insulin Resistance |
| University in Sweden, having insulin resistance | | | | in Fat Cells in Lean Human Subjects", Strålfors et al, |
| symptoms is a sign of type 2 diabetes. Cell biologist | | | | Molecular Medicine April 30, 2009. |
| Peter Strålfors of Linköping University reported in | | | | 2. deCabo R, Sinclair DA. "Resveratrol improves health |
| Molecular Medicine (April 2009) confirmation that a | | | | and survival of mice on a high calorie diet," 2006 16 |
| high-calorie, "super-size" diet leads to insulin | | | | Nov. Nature 444:337-342. |
| resistance. | | | | 3. "Resveratrol Improves Mitochondrial Function and |
| The findings showed that humans who ate fast food | | | | Protects against Metabolic Disease by Activating |
| twice a day for just four weeks developed | | | | SIRT1 and PGC-1," 2006 15 Dec Cell 127:1109-1122. |