‘By the time fasting glucose becomes a red flag on a standard lab report, insulin resistance has often been building quietly in the background for years.’
Your annual bloodwork comes back, and your doctor says everything looks normal. Your fasting glucose is 98. Your cholesterol is fine. You get a clean bill of health and go home.
But you’re exhausted. You’re gaining weight around your midsection despite not eating more. You’re craving sugar and carbohydrates constantly. You crash hard in the afternoon. You wake up tired even after a full night’s sle…