Misc Natural Treatments
The primary goals with managing insulin resistance naturally include a variety of things. You need to reduce your weight and body fat if you're obese, you need to improve your cholesterol levels and triglycerides, and you need to control your blood pressure. Additionally you need to make sure your heart is strong and healthy, and help your body relearn to use the blood glucose efficiently before your pancreas wears out and you develop type two diabetes.
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Now we've talked a little about dietary changes that can help naturally manage and treat insulin resistance, and we've talked about how exercise plays a key role. We'll soon talk about herbal remedies and supplements that can be used to tie all these things together as well.
One thing we only touched on in previous articles, is the importance of getting additional fruits and vegetables into your diet. Most fruits and vegetables are naturally low in sugars, but high in fiber. And fiber has been shown to play a major role in how good or bad your cholesterol and triglyceride levels are.
Additionally, fruits and vegetables also tend to provide you with more nutrition, less calories, and help you stay feeling full and satiated for longer periods of time. So when you contemplate making changes to your dietary habits, be sure to add in extra servings of fruits and vegetables. This will help offset the foods you're reducing or removing, so you won't feel as deprived. And when your body starts responding well to the changes, you'll find yourself very happy as well.
Managing your blood pressure and stress levels can also play a major role in helping to manage and treat your insulin resistance. And while many people either don't realize it or don't believe it, these health issues can also be controlled, managed, and improved by the same changes in diet and exercise we've already mentioned.
Exercise is proven to release endorphins which make you happy. These endorphins in turn reduce your stress levels, and reducing stress levels turns around and reduces your blood pressure too.
Many simple changes in the types of foods you eat also help reduce blood pressure. Eating fruits and vegetables as we mentioned above, is a more natural food source which often doesn't have the preservatives and salts in them that packaged or fast foods do. So this one small change can help reduce your blood pressure, and that in turn can also help start to reduce your stress. Because when you're worried about health problems, you tend to have more pent up stress than the average healthy person does.
Note: Some statements in this article may not be approved by the FDA. This article is for informational purposes only and should not be taken as professional medical advice.
