What You Don’t Know About Insulin Resistance

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As you enter menopause or andropause, you’ll start noticing many changes taking place in your body. Some of these are natural, as your body adjusts to a new life stage. Other changes may not be caused by menopause, but by insulin resistance, which had gone previously unnoticed. Despite the recent reports in the news linking insulin resistance to a variety of health conditions and ailments, insulin resistance largely goes unnoticed. Women in menopause are at increased risk of developing insulin resistance because hormones are in flux. Insulin is a hormone that regulates metabolism, but it works with estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. When your hormones are imbalanced, then a cycle ensues as your body tries to balance everything out. The result, weight gain and other unwanted side effects ranging from feelings of fatigue to mood swings… Read More

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