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Diabetes is More Than Just Blood Sugar Problems

Learn how micronutrients also affect insulin receptors, fructose metabolism and much more November is National Diabetes Month, which is particularly appropriate after Halloween and the sugar binges that accompany it. Below are a few reasons the dangers of sugar extend beyond a few extra pounds – blood sugar problems deteriorates cells throughout the entire body from the inside out. The good news is that nutrient status can mitigate much of this damage.  Here are a few example... Read More
Posted by Nichole Herms at Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Is Your Wine Making You Tired? Here's One Way to Find Out.

  We’re talking about something called fructose sensitivity, which manifests in most people as fatigue.  If you have trouble metabolizing fructose (more on that in a minute), there is a lab test that will tell you.  For many people, a sensitivity to excess fructose (keyword being excess) can make you tired.  Not a hangover kind of tired – that would be an obvious result of overindulgence.  We’re talking about a kind of low-energy feeling that h... Read More
Posted by Nichole Herms at Tuesday, December 21, 2021