Through my experience with gestational diabetes, I learned how to lower my fasting blood sugar and manage gestational diabetes through diet. Being diagnosed with gestational diabetes came as a complete surprise. I remember coming home after having my fasting blood sugar drawn thinking, well that ...
Insulin Resistance
Proven Benefits of Cinnamon to Lower Blood Sugar
Many studies have demonstrated the effective use of cinnamon to lower blood sugar and improve insulin sensitivity. Cinnamon has been used to improve fasting blood sugar, insulin levels, HbA1c, and pre and post-meal blood sugar levels. The benefits of cinnamon for insulin resistance may be due to ...
What Are Normal Blood Sugar Levels?
Normal blood sugar levels are defined as under 100 mg/dL during fasting and less than 140 mg/dL 2 hours after eating. Hyperglycemia is when blood sugar levels are higher than 125 mg/dL after fasting and higher than 180 mg/dL 2 hours after eating. Having high blood sugar can lead to many ...
Blueberries for Weight Loss and Insulin Resistance
Studies show that consuming blueberries inhibited weight gain, improved insulin sensitivity, and reduced-fat accumulation in the liver. Fatty liver is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and weight gain. Consuming blueberries for weight loss is so beneficial as they help to prevent fat ...
Underlying Causes of Hypoglycemia
One of the underlying causes of hypoglycemia is a fatty liver and depleted glycogen stores. Glycogen is the stored form of sugar in the liver and muscles. The liver is responsible for maintaining blood sugar levels between meals by converting glycogen back into glucose. The glucose is then ...
Reversing Insulin Resistance and Fatty Liver
Reversing insulin resistance and fatty liver is crucial for losing weight. Insulin resistance is when cells in your muscles, fat, and liver become resistant to the hormone insulin and the uptake of glucose. When glucose cannot get inside the cell glucose will build up in the bloodstream. ...
Symptoms of a PEMT Gene Mutation and Choline Deficiency
Common symptoms associated with a PEMT gene mutation and choline deficiency include fatty liver, gallbladder problems, SIBO, poor fat digestion, and difficulty losing weight due to a fatty liver.The function of the PEMT gene is to make phosphatidylcholine, which essential to make your cell ...
Benefits of Fish Oil for Weight Loss and Reducing Inflammation
Inflammation and weight gain are intimately connected as inflammation can contribute to insulin resistance which is an underlying cause of weight gain, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes. ...
Why Fasting for Weight Loss is the Best Way to Lose Weight
Fasting for weight loss is the best way to lose weight naturally without the use of any diet pills, weight loss powders, special detox drinks or diet plans. Fasting is the secret to weight loss that big food companies, supplement companies, and big pharma don’t want you to know about because it ...
Plant-Based Diet for Insulin Resistance and Diabetes
Robby and Cyrus, authors of Mastering Diabetes, are living proof that eating a plant-based diet for insulin resistance is the best way to reverse both type 2 and type 1 diabetes. When I first read the headline reversing insulin resistance with a low-fat vegan diet with Robby and Cyrus on the ...
