Eric Akin, MD

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HOMA-IR tells you how insulin resistant you may be. If your HOMA-IR is above 1.5, your body may be struggling to handle sugar and processed carbs efficiently. The formula is simple: Fasting glucose x fasting insulin / 405 Ideally, I like to see this number under 1.5. If yours is higher, one of the first moves is to abstain from sugar and processed carbs long enough to let your metabolism calm down and become more insulin sensitive. If that feels difficult, you are not broken. You probably need a system. Click the link in my bio to learn where to start. #HOMAIR #InsulinResistance #FastingInsulin #BloodSugar #MetabolicHealth

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Insulin resistance affects bone health. It may make you more prone to fractures, even when bone density doesn’t tell the whole story. Most people think insulin resistance is only about blood sugar, weight gain, or diabetes. It’s bigger than that. Insulin resistance can affect inflammation, bone quality, cartilage health, and joint degeneration. I also mentioned HOMA-IR, which is one of the simplest ways to estimate insulin resistance using fasting glucose and fasting insulin. And yes, research has shown osteoarthritis is more common in people with insulin resistance. Your metabolism is not separate from your skeleton. If your HOMA-IR is elevated, it’s a signal worth paying attention to. Click the link in my bio to learn about the natural system that helps improve HOMA-IR. #InsulinResistance #HOMAIR #BoneHealth #Osteoarthritis #FractureRisk

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Insulin resistance improves when you stop feeding it processed sugar and constant carbs. If I could talk to my patients the way I talk to my close friends, I’d tell them this: Start with fasting. Cut out processed sugar. Lower your total carbohydrate load. A simple framework: 20g carbs/day for 2 weeks 50g carbs/day for 2 months Then maintain around 100–130g/day depending on your activity and goals. Add resistance training so your muscles become a bigger glucose sink. And yes, I use a nutraceutical system that helps make fasting easier and helps control carb cravings while you rebuild metabolic flexibility. If you want to know more about the system I use, go to the link in my bio. #InsulinResistance #MetabolicHealth #CarbCravings #FastingTips #BloodSugarHealth