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How to reduce my fasting blood sugar from 117 to below 110?

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How to reduce my fasting blood sugar from 117 to below 110?

Weight loss can definetely help in lowering blood sugar levels which in turn can help manage diabetes better.

Last updated on 09 Dec 2024

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What are the risks of using insulin to lose weight?

Insulin causes decrease in blood sugar leading to loss of consciousness and sometimes convulsions too, when used for reasons other than treating Diabetes where sugar levels are high to start with.

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What could cause a high fasting insulin on a ketogenic diet?

High fasting insulin during ketogenic diet is because of elevated fasting glucose levels usually start to occur with those who have been following a strict keto diet for over a year. This is the body's way of assuring that glucose is present for organs that require it

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How to treat high fasting insulin levels?

Fasting for at least 16 hours gives the body a chance to rest and allows blood levels of insulin to drop significantly. Not only does this help burn fat, it can also lower your risk of disease, particularly cancers, diabetes and prediabetes

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What are the earliest ways to detect insulin resistance?

Doctors use the fasting plasma glucose (FPG) test or the A1C test to diagnose prediabetes. Less often, doctors use the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), which is more expensive and not as easy to give. The A1C test reflects your average blood glucose over the past 3 months.

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Why and how does losing weight reduce insulin resistance?

Upon losing weight it was observed that a reduction in the pro-inflammatory/stress response in skeletal muscle due to which people had reduced insulin resistance.

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