People with insulin resistance often make too much insulin in response to eating. They may also produce too much insulin in order to maintain normal blood sugar (blood glucose) levels. The body cannot excrete excess insulin made by the pancreas; excess insulin is stored as fat in the body. This…
The BMI is a measurement of the ratio between height and weight. It is not an accurate tool to determine if someone is overweight or at risk for pre-diabetes. A more accurate method of determining metabolic health risks is calculating waist-to-hip ratio...
Reuters Health reported on the study that showed the men under several different sleep scenarios, including curtailed sleep, no sleep, and normal sleep over several days. Study measures included changes in how much the study participates ate, their blood sugar, hormone levels and indicators of their metabolic rate like oxygen…
Are BMI Charts accurate for determining of someone is overweight? Many doctors still use this somewhat ineffective method of determining whether or not a person is over weight...
I am thin -- do I have to be fat to have prediabetes or insulin resistance? Weight plays an important role as a risk factor for pre-diabetes but you do not have to be overweight to have it. Learn who should be test for pre-diabetes regardless of their weight...