25/07/2025
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
If youโve ever struggled with weight that wonโt budge
If your clothes feel tighter despite clean eating and exercise
If you need something sweet just to get through the day or afternoon
If your skin breaks out unpredictably
If your periods are irregular, painful, or have disappeared
If your mood swings feel disproportionate or you have PMS
If you feel anxious, irritable, or low for no clear reason
If your mind feels foggy, like youโre forgetting words mid-sentence or walking into rooms with no idea why youโre thereโฆ
If your energy crashes in the afternoon, leaving you wired, then tired, desperate for another coffee
If youโre constantly hungry, even after a meal, and find yourself craving carbs or sweets...
If you feel bloated after meals, or like your body is inflamed and swollenโฆ
If your sleep is broken, you wake up exhausted, or struggle to fall asleep despite being tiredโฆ
If your libido has vanished, your motivation is flat, or you just donโt feel like yourself anymoreโฆ
Then you may be dealing with the effects of insulin resistance. And while none of those symptoms scream โdiabetes,โ they are often the early, whispering signs of a body losing its metabolic flexibility. A body begging to be listened to.
Thereโs a good chance the culprit is a hormone youโve probably never been told to measure:
INSULIN!
Itโs often overlooked, misunderstood, or only spoken about when itโs too late. When blood sugar is already in diabetic range and your body is waving red flags. But hereโs what most people donโt know: Insulin is the fat-storage hormone. And itโs at the root of nearly every chronic condition we see today.
๐๐ป๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป: ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐นโฆ ๐จ๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐โ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต
Insulin isnโt bad. In fact, without it, we die. Itโs a hormone made by your pancreas. Its job is to take glucose (sugar) from your blood and shuttle it into your cells for energy. When you eat a meal, especially one rich in carbohydrates or sugar, insulin is released to manage that rise in blood sugar. But when your body is exposed to too much sugar, too often, for too long, insulin stops working properly. Your cells become resistant. Your pancreas tries to compensate by pumping out more insulin. Now, your insulin is high, your blood sugar is creeping up, and your body is stuck in storage mode, unable to burn fat effectively. This is insulin resistance, and it's silently affecting billions.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐
You donโt have to be overweight to have insulin resistance. In fact, many โnormal-lookingโ people are metabolically unhealthy underneath the surface. This is why relying solely on weight or BMI misses the mark entirely. And yet, insulin resistance is deeply linked to almost every chronic disease we fear: Type 2 diabetes, dementia and alzheimerโs, cardiovascular disease, stroke, fatty liver, PCOS, hormone imbalances, acne, skin tags, migraines, fatigue, depression and anxiety, even cancers, including breast and colon.
Itโs not just about sugar cravings and belly fat. This is about the breakdown of your entire system.
But hereโs the crazy thingโฆ We can measure fasting insulin levels years, even decades, before the disease is diagnosed. A simple blood test. Inexpensive. Incredibly powerful. A test that could give you a 10โ20 year head start to change your health trajectory.
So why arenโt doctors ordering it? Because the medical system isnโt designed to look upstream. It waits for damage to occur, for blood sugar to hit diabetic levels, for symptoms to become loud enough that medication becomes the only answer. But we donโt have to wait.
๐๐'๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ
Letโs be clear: the body doesnโt discriminate between a doughnut and a morning slice of sourdough toast. It breaks all carbohydrates down into sugar. That green smoothie with banana, dates, and mango? Sugar! Your cereal, salad wrap, muesli, toast, juice, yoghurt, oat milk latte, dried fruit, sauces, salad dressings, sweetened tea or coffee? Sugar! That small, harmless handful of crackers? Sugar! Even the โhealthy carbsโ such as rice, sweet potato, quinoa, and fruit salad? Theyโre still sugar in the body. And they all spike insulin.
Especially when eaten alone or frequently, without enough protein, fat, or fibre to slow the impact.
And what do most modern diets rely on? You guessed it: sugar and carbs, dressed up as health food.
Add to that: constant snacking, lack of movement, chronic stress and poor sleep, environmental toxins, endocrine disruptors, alcohol, caffeine, and nutrient-depleted dietsโฆand you have the perfect storm for elevated insulin levels and fat storage.
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ-๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
Hereโs what most people donโt realise: When insulin is high, your fat cells are locked. No matter how โhealthyโ you eat, no matter how many HIIT classes you attend, if insulin is chronically elevated, your body cannot burn fat. Worse? The more insulin you pump out, the more fat you storeโฆand the more inflamed, tired, foggy, and hormonally off you feel. Itโs a vicious cycle. One that many are stuck in without even knowing it.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
Let that sink in. Your body needs protein and fat to survive. Those are essential. But carbohydrates? There are no essential carbs that the human body requires from the diet. Your body is smart. It can make glucose from protein and fat through a process called gluconeogenesis. So in times of low carb intake, the body adapts; it doesnโt fall apart. This is not a war against all carbs. Itโs about understanding your tolerance, your metabolic state, and how to nourish yourself in a way that supports your goals, not sabotages them.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ?
According to leading metabolic experts, hereโs what you want to look for:
Optimal Fasting Insulin Levels: Between 3โ5 ยตIU/mL
Acceptable Fasting Insulin: under 10
Insulin Resistance Risk: 10โ15 (Warning, Pay Attention, Danger Ahead!!!).
Red Flag: 15+ (URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED, IN DANGER!!!)
Most pathology ranges are way too lenient. You might be told your results are โnormal,โ but normal isnโt optimal, and normal is increasingly unhealthy in todayโs world.
This is not a death sentence. Itโs an opportunity. The best time to measure your fasting insulin was 10 years ago. The second-best time? Right now.
Ask your doctor for a fasting insulin test. Track it. Watch the trend over time. If itโs rising, you have time to course correct. Because chronic disease doesnโt strike overnight. It brews quietly, day in, day out, until suddenly, youโre handed a diagnosis and told it was bad luck or bad genes. But oftenโฆ the signs were there the whole time. We just werenโt looking in the right place.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
And insulin is one of its loudest messengers. If youโre ready to tune in, reclaim your energy, balance your hormones, lose the weight, stabilise your mood, clear your skin, lift the brain fog, and reduce your long-term risk of chronic disease, then start with insulin.
You deserve answers. You deserve vitality. You deserve a future that isnโt dictated by silent dysfunction.
And you deserve to feel good again.
Ask your doctor for a fasting insulin test. Your future self will thank you.
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