Hyperinsulinemia

Avoid Ultra-Processed Foods and Control Your Insulin Levels Use a continuous glucose monitor at home or blood testing from your healthcare provider to identify food and lifestyle choices that are spiking your blood sugar (and thus potentially your insulin levels) so that you can make adjustments to what you eat and the timing of your meals. Why should you care about insulin and blood glucose? There is growing evidence that high levels of insulin (hyperinsulinemia) may (along with other factors such as genetics) contribute to elevated risk for all four of our primary threats (cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease, cancer and of course, metabolic disease) due to the inflammatory nature of insulin. There is evidence that what we eat (ultra-processed foods and a diet high in refined sugars) in combination with how frequently we eat leads to hyperinsulinemia and thus exposes us to a whole host of risks (see references below). ...

Monitor Your Body Composition with Specialist Scanning Use DEXA scans to measure your visceral fat, lean muscle mass, and bone density so that you can reduce the risk of metabolic disease and increase your healthspan. Body composition scanning provides key information on the levels of visceral fat you are carrying (which is a significant contributor to metabolic disease). These scans also provide an accurate measurement of your lean muscle mass, which is a key marker for longevity. ...