Glucose, HbA1c and insulin resistance: your metabolic health in view.
17 articles
Without diabetes the same reference values apply at any age. With diabetes the targets deliberately loosen, and there is...
A year after losing 13.5 kg, appetite hormones were still pushing toward hunger. The yo-yo effect is biology, not a lack...
A slow metabolism exists, but almost never in the way people mean. Your thyroid is rarely the cause, Cushing's is rare a...
For every kilo you lose, your energy expenditure drops by 20 to 30 kcal a day. Your appetite rises by about 100 kcal a d...
Exercise is a weak weight-loss engine: on its own it produces about 1.6 to 1.7 kg over six to twelve months. So do not t...
A calorie deficit is not a fixed number. It is a share of your maintenance. Work from a rate of 0.5 to 1.0 percent of bo...
For every kilo you lose, your energy burn drops by 20 to 30 kcal a day while your appetite rises by about 100 kcal a day...
Often tired after eating? Learn how swings in your blood sugar relate to energy dips, when sugar is the cause, and which...
Tick three of the five boxes and your doctor suddenly uses the term metabolic syndrome. Read which five factors count, w...
Prediabetes is an in-between stage where your blood sugar is raised, but not yet diabetes. Learn the signals, the blood...
Your glucose is fine, yet your cells already respond less well to insulin. Read which signals can fit, which blood value...
Fasting glucose is your blood sugar after at least 8 hours without food. Learn the normal values, what a high value can...