Excessive intake of processed refined foods are quickly converted into sugar.  Sugar is the primary fuel for the body.  When the sugar goes up too fast the body has to make more insulin to get sugar into the cells.  This causes the body to make excessive insulin to try to get the sugar into the cells.  The insulin is like a key that opens the lock to let the sugar into the cell.  As the process continues the body makes more and more insulin.  Eventually we have too much insulin and too much sugar in the blood and the cells stop listening or responding to the keys.  This is what is called INSULIN RESISTANCE.

 As Spring approaches, many of us will be feeling anxious about the impending transition to our warm weather wardrobes. Squeezing into last year’s shorts may be on our minds, but that extra chub around the waist is more damaging then a few bad vacation photos.

Carrying extra weight around the middle puts a strain on the entire body: hormones, blood sugar, joints and heart. In fact, there isn’t a major body system that not affected. Even when the extra pounds don’t lead to dramatic conditions like Type II diabetes or congestive heart failure, they can be a major contributor to persistent, low-grade, symptoms that are easily dismissed but compound to reduce our quality of life.