How to Treat Insulin Resistance Without Medications

There are many people walking around with insulin resistance and not even know it. An astounding amount of people have this condition which has been referred to as pre diabetes. If left untreated, it not only can, but will, become type II diabetes. There is no cure for diabetes but there are things that can help you to ward it off for a long time.

I was diagnosed with insulin resistance back in 2001 when I was trying to conceive. I found out at that point that I had polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS. Insulin resistance is kind of a pre cursor to PCOS and almost all women that have PCOS have insulin resistance,whether they know it or not. Insulin resistance causes carbohydrate and sugar cravings. Another common symptoms is obesity, or being overweight. It is also very hard to lose the weight if you are unaware of the insulin imbalance that you have.

There are some lifestyle changes that can help you out if you have insulin resistance. I got pregnant after about six month of taking metformin, an insulin sensitizing drug that many diabetics take. Because of the insulin resistance that I had before getting pregnant, I developed gestational diabetes. After giving birth, the insulin resistance did not present itself again until after I had my third child. I immediately went on a no carb diet for a week and then slowly introduced good carbs back into my diet after the first week. I exercised every day and kept up my lifestyle change and that led to me conceiving a fourth time. Since having that child, I haven't had any insulin issues, as of yet.