Diabetes & Metabolic Health
Blood sugar, insulin resistance, prediabetes, and the gut-metabolic connection: naturopathic perspectives on metabolic health for the long game.
A comprehensive diabetesresource is in the works. In the meantime, the notes below cover the topics we’ve published so far.
Diabetes Notes
Blood Sugar Basics
What Do Ketones in Your Urine Mean? Fasting, Keto, and When It's an Emergency
How to read a urine ketone result, from an overnight fast to a medical emergency.
Does Magnesium Help Blood Sugar? A New 247-Person Trial Complicates the Answer
A 247-person, 12-month trial of magnesium oxide missed its HbA1c target. Why weak evidence still leaves room to try it, if your kidneys are healthy.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Insulin Resistance
Does Inositol Work as Well as Metformin for PCOS? What a Head-to-Head Trial Found
A 192-woman trial compared inositol, metformin, diet, and all three for PCOS. What it found for cycles and insulin, and what it can't tell you.
Normal A1c but High Fasting Insulin: What That Combination Means
A1c and fasting glucose report the outcome of glucose handling. Fasting insulin reports the effort it took.
Can You Reverse Insulin Resistance Naturally? Where the Evidence Is Strongest
Insulin resistance is mostly a muscle story, and it responds. What the strongest evidence supports, and why 'reverse' isn't quite the right word.
