Carolyn Guilford Are you suffering from one of the most common diseases of the modern age? No, not a deadly new virus. Not cancer. Not heart disease.

It's a disease caused by the body's inability to make the most of the foods we eat. As many as one in three people suffer from it. Insulin Resistance, also called Syndrome X, and Metabolic syndrome.

If these names don't ring a bell, the symptoms might. Are you tired after you eat, and at times when you shouldn't be? Gaining a pound here and there - and having difficulty losing them? Is your blood pressure going up year after year, and your cholesterol too?

Insulin resistance is the main cause of type 2 diabetes, which affects an estimated 30 million Americans. It also sets the stage for obesity and coronary heart disease - even if you're not diabetic.

Insulin resistance is caused in large part by eating refined carbohydrates, like white breads, enriched pastas, and sugary foods. Eating too much animal fat and omega-6 fatty acids from vegetable oils and foods fried in them.

Normally, after you eat a meal, your body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, blood sugar.

When a person eats a lot of refined carbohydrates year after year, a dangerous cycle sets in. Insulin levels remain chronically high, and cells become less responsive resistant - to the insulin. Consequently, relatively little glucose gets burned, and blood glucose levels remain high. With chronically high glucose levels, insulin resistance becomes diabetes.

New research tells us that elevated glucose is a major source of dangerous free radicals. Glucose is a highly energetic compound and the primary source of energy for the body, and will spontaneously oxidizes itself and spin off large numbers of free radicals, which reacts badly with normal molecules in the body, and also oxidizes cholesterol in the blood, setting the stage for coronary heart disease. This is not a good thing.

What To Do?

Being overweight increases your risk of developing insulin resistance. But being a thin couch potato is just as unhealthy as being overweight, in terms of the metabolism. So get active. Regular exercise, a daily walk, taking the stairs, any consistent activity helps stimulate insulin receptor cells. To get the energy you need for exercise; your body uses insulin to move sugar and fat into cells, where they're burned as fuel. Change your eating habits. If you're insulin resistant - high blood pressure and high cholesterol are clues - the worst thing you can eat are refined and enriched carbohydrates, such as white breads, white pastas, cookies, donuts, and any thing made with refined flour, and candies, chips and other junk foods. Eat more fresh fruits and veggies. Cut down on the animal fat. Also, I suggest eating smaller, more frequent meals, no more large meals that trigger the release of a lot of insulin. When you get insulin resistance under control, you’ll look better feel better, and be better. You’ll have more energy, lose the cravings, and your weight will normalize.

Getting the right nutritional supplements for you, will be a great help. If you feel you can’t get your health concerns under control yourself, Health Restoration 101 has a plan for you, which has been extremely successful, and can change your life.

Carolyn Guilford www.HealthRestoration101.com

P.O. Box 2814, Savannah, GA 31402