Deploy a vitamin D conservation plan this winter
You’ve got a built in vitamin D conservation plan, that keeps your vitamin D status, SUFFICIENT – even…
Icing an injured muscle slows down it’s healing
Packets of frozen peas, are medicinal, in the moments after an injury. They bring pain relief and keep…
Magnesium in insulin resistance
Magnesium levels inside cells are lower than ideal and since magnesium is an inside trader, impacting the functioning…
Carnosine in insulin resistance
Carnosine levels, in type 2 muscle fibers, are lower, when you’re insulin resistant - this impacts muscle performance…..…
A low cost, safe hack, to get the benefit of exercise without moving
You can hack the biology of exercise, to get the benefit of better sugar control, without spending a…
It’s time to send your lip muscles to boot camp
Your lip muscles play a pivotal role in eating and breathing and just like the rest of the…
Irisin in insulin resistance
We look at irisin, a hormone associated with freaked out muscles, in this week's episode of the UPS…
Improve sugar levels with a little heat shock
A gin & tonic is a great way to DE-STRESS after a HOT and busy day. Heat shock…
Sugar problems are the tip of the iceberg – they’re not what is sinking the ship
Insulin resistance IS a system - lots of tweaks have happened, over time to get you to this…
Metabolic syndrome is not a fat thing, it’s a muscle thing
Teens with metabolic syndrome, that are not obese are slightly muscle deficient. Obese teens also have low muscle…