Insulin Resistant

[NOSUPERMODEL]

Read an article in Men's Health that leads me to believe I am insulin resistant. That and based off factors in my blood work that was mentioned in the article. So if I am, which I plan on medically verifying, what kind of diet or foods do I need to be eating or avoiding?

[gbrice75]

You'll need to 'retrain' your body to become more insulin sensitive. You can start by keeping sugar intake to an absolute minimum... I'd shoot for < 20g per day. A carb cycling approach might also be helpful.

What makes you think you're resistant?

[Sgt. Hartman]

No sense in guessing about it. Either go to the doctor or buy a blood glucose meter, you can pick one up for about $20.

Edit: and stop reading Men's Health, it's garbage.

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No sense in guessing about it. Either go to the doctor or buy a blood glucose meter, you can pick one up for about $20.

Edit: and stop reading Men's Health, it's garbage.

wat's a good mag u recommend?

[NOSUPERMODEL]

You'll need to 'retrain' your body to become more insulin sensitive. You can start by keeping sugar intake to an absolute minimum... I'd shoot for < 20g per day. A carb cycling approach might also be helpful.

What makes you think you're resistant?

Just from reading the article and the description they gave it fits me to a T. Plus they give some facts regarding bloodwork, and since I am on TRT and I have quite a few results I compared them and they seemed in line with what they were saying.

[NOSUPERMODEL]

No sense in guessing about it. Either go to the doctor or buy a blood glucose meter, you can pick one up for about $20.

Edit: and stop reading Men's Health, it's garbage.

I don't read it for the exercises or anything. Mainly read it for articles like this one, the money articles, etc....

[MR-FQ320]

^^^^^ Just stick to this forum mate, all the REAL answers are right here with no BS.

In regard to your original question: Omega 3 supplements slow down [but not reverse] insulin sensitivity. But gB is right, eliminate as much sugar from your diet as you can including milk.

[MR-FQ320]

money articles ? this is diverse forum with some intelligent people on here, I have or are a member of of various forums, but here I feel at home at can talk about almost any general subject, unless its something super technical like coding the BMW or soft moddding the Wii.

[gixxerboy1]

life what blood work results have you had that makes you believe that?
What symptoms do you have?
I know a pretty good amount about this

[NOSUPERMODEL]

life what blood work results have you had that makes you believe that?
What symptoms do you have?
I know a pretty good amount about this

Well I carry all of weight in my stomach, love handles and back. I tend to bloat and gain weight excessively if I don't watch my carbs. My last two fasted glucose levels were 80 and 90. My triglycerides to HDL ratio is over 4:1. I want to get my respiratory quotient checked. I looked it up on Wikipedia and a lot of the symptoms were me. I would like to know what kind of doctor I need to see to verify it. Diabetes does run in my family also. If you can give me some help with this I would appreciate it. PM me if you don't want to carry this out on the main board.

[gixxerboy1]

an endocrinologist would be the dr to see.
But if you dont want to spend the money. You can go to any pharmacy and they have a home a1c test. That is a 3 month average of your glucose levels.
80-90 isnt high. Your still in the normal range.
The best way to tell for insulin resistance is a bg reading after a meal not fasting.
Most men hold there fat in their stomach and love handles.
If you were insulin resistant you would be going hypergly***ia. You would have excessive thirst, urinating more, fatigue