02/12/2026
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-> ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ โฃ
-> ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง โฃ
-> ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ โฃ
-> which can lead to inflammation, increased risk and progression of breast, colorectal, lung cancers, etc.โฃโฃ
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๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ:โฃ
โ Fasting blood glucoseโฃ
โ HbA1c (average of how your body was able to control sugar over the last 2-3 months time)โฃ
โ Fasting insulinโฃ
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๐ช๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ: โฃ
๐"๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ" - even with a "healthy" diet you can have insulin resistance that you need to address (bloodwork is the only way to know).โฃโฃ
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๐There are no symptoms in early stages. Insulin resistance can ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ progress to prediabetes and eventually diabetes.โฃ
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๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ insulin resistance even if you're at a healthy weight.โฃโฃ
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๐As a cancer survivor - your risks for diabetes may be higher than the general population.โฃ
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๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด...โฃโฃ
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๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ...โฃโฃ
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โจ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต "๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ" ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐, ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐.โฃโฃ
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To your health,โฃ
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Dr. Becky NDโฃ
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๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐
๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐!โฃ
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