Insulin resistance, also known as metabolic syndrome or pre-diabetes, is causing an epidemic of immense proportions, and may cause you to suffer an early death. This epidemic is growing alarmingly. Diabetes has increase 700% in the last 50 years.

Are you suffering from Insulin Resistance and don’t even know it? Many of you are suffering from this silent killer in our midst that we are taking more and more for granted.

Do you know that 25%, that is 1 in 4, people in our population have insulin resistant and as a result they are suffering from per-diabetes or diabetes. Do you know that another 25% of our population is at risk for insulin resistance? This means at least half the population alive today will most likely suffer from insulin resistance and will die on average 15 years earlier than they normally would if they did not have it. I state at least half but the reality is much more severe. Assuming the increase in diabetes continues at the same rate it has of late, I would estimate that within 20 years at least 75% of the population would be suffering from Insulin Resistance. Many of those that are not yet at risk, will be, as they get older. If this does not frighten you as it frightens me then I don’t know what will.

The first sign that you too may be suffering from insulin resistance is that you will be putting on excess weight, especially around you middle. The simplest way to discover if you are insulin resistant, or at risk for it, is to measure your waistline when you get up in the morning. If you are a male and your waist is over 37inches (94cm) then you have a mild risk. If you are a woman and your waist is over 31.5 inches (80cm) then you also have a mild risk. Add 5 inches or 8 cm to these numbers for serious risk. Due the increase in the incidence of diabetes, most of those at risk can expect to become afflicted as they get older.

What I want to share with you today is that this epidemic is not your fault as we have collectively been led down this path by the accepted food pyramid issued by our government and other associated misinformation. Thankfully, if it is not too late, insulin resistance can be reversed surprising quickly by changing your diet and lifestyle. As the three main killers (cancer, cardiovascular disease, complications of prescription drugs) in our society today are brought about in the main by insulin resistance, it is important that you take steps today.

The cause of insulin resistance is our modern diet and lifestyle. The supermarket shelves are groaning under the weight of packaged and convenience foods. The advertisements on the television are continually promoting fast foods, sugary sodas, and sweet salty fatty snacks. These may be inexpensive in price but will ultimately cost you your health. Did you know that the main source of calories in the US population comes from soft drinks?

Do you believe that carbohydrates, such as grains, potatoes and sugary foods, are the main source of energy for the body? Many do and this is a very dangerous myth. Man evolved to get his energy from fats, not carbohydrates. The current food pyramid with its message that you should get 40% of your nutrition from carbohydrates is killing you.

Our bodies were never designed to eat large quantities these complex carbohydrates. We don’t have the mechanism in the body to manage them on this scale. What happens when you frequently consume of complex carbohydrates, your blood sugar rises abnormally and your cells become resistant to the hormone insulin. You then get on a roller coaster where you crave sugar, eat more, crave more, etc. You put on weight, especially around your tummy. The continually high blood sugar causes inflammation in you body leading to cancer, cardiovascular disease, and many other degenerative diseases.

Conventional medical practitioners do not understand this situation and how to treat it. Typical recommendations, such as reducing cholesterol, or having you take insulin, actually make the problem worse and cause more people to die prematurely.

The solution is to take your healing into your own hands and make diet and lifestyle changes to rectify the problem. As I describe in my book, Wellbeing Matters, I recommend the following:

1. Reduce you consumption of complex carbohydrates. That is refined bread, cakes, cookies, and snacks made with flour; cut out or dramatically reduce potatoes, do not eat sugary foods or sweetened drinks.
2. Increase your exercise. Exercise daily for at least 30 minutes and do enough exercise to raise a sweat two or three times a week.
3. Reduce your intake of vegetable oil (margarine, spreads, salad, soy, safflower, sunflower, canola, etc.), replace with butter, pure virgin olive oil, and coconut oil.
4. Eat only whole grains if at all.
5. Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables – preferably grown organically.
6. Increase your intake of Omega-3 oil – from oily fish or krill.
7. Drink at least 6 glasses of pure water every day.
8. Breathe deeply and fully all the time.

For more information I suggest to read my book Wellbeing Matters where where a clear regime to combat this hidden killer is clearly described.

David Gore Graham

Author of Wellbeing Matters - A Personal Guide to Radiant Health and Wellbeing

Tags: carbohydrates, degenerative disease, diabetes, diet, insulin, insulin resistance, lifestyle, metabolic syndrome

 

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