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Hormone Reset Day 3 - Insulin and Blood Sugar

Welcome to Day 3 of the Hormone Reset: Blood Sugar and Insulin Resistance. Today’s lesson focuses on one of the most important (and most misunderstood) drivers of weight gain, fatigue, inflammation, and stubborn belly fat in women over 40: insulin resistance. Insulin resistance doesn’t only develop in people who consume a lot of sugar. It often shows up silently, especially for women navigating perimenopause or autoimmune conditions. Early signs include: • Gaining fat around the midsection • Fatigue after meals • Cravings, especially for sweets • Afternoon energy crashes • Feeling “inflamed” or puffy • Difficulty losing weight despite effort These shifts happen because the signaling that moves glucose from your bloodstream into your cells becomes less effective. When glucose lingers in the bloodstream, inflammation rises, energy drops, and the body stays locked in fat-storage mode. What to do about it: This lesson breaks down the key numbers to monitor and the habits that help restore insulin sensitivity: • Why fasting insulin is more useful than fasting glucose • How hemoglobin A1C and uric acid give a 90-day picture of blood sugar • How to calculate your HOMA-IR score (and why the goal is under 1) • How glucose monitors can help you understand your own responses • Why artificially sweetened drinks can still raise insulin • The optimal fasting insulin (3–4) and fasting glucose (80–90) ranges • Why risk of type 2 diabetes rises with every point above 86