How It Works:

Congratulations. You have taken a significant step in assuming responsibility for your health! Insulin resistance (elevated fasting blood insulin levels) can be brought down to normal ranges with:

1. Exercise,
2. Eating low glycemic foods,
3. Avoidance of Excitotoxins, and
4. Adding traditional (saturated) fats to your diet.

You can pretty much assess your BMI ( ) with the following:

• Under weight - less than 18.5
• Normal - 18.5 to 24.9
• Overweight - 25 to 29.9
• Obese - 30 or more

Fasting Blood Insulin Levels: Many laboratories have normal ranges between 2 and 22. This study considers ideal levels to be between 2 and 5. Values between 5 and 7 are probably OK. Levels between 7 and 9 are worrisome, especially if associated with elevated triglycerides. Levels of 10 or over indicate that you have insulin resistance and are in the early stages of the metabolic syndrome and the associated chronic diseases.

Average Daily Temperature: Your average daily temperature was ___. If it is much under 98.6, it is an indication that your metabolic rate is low. This is a frequent response to stress or serious injury and can be of long duration. It is an indication that your body is functioning in a conservation mode and not burning up as many calories as if your temperature were up to the normal 98.6 degrees. Read the introduction to - http://wilsonstemperaturesyndrome.com/eBook/Introduction/

Nutritional History: The links below all relate to the questions that you have been asked. They all relate to the metabolic syndrome, insulin sensitivity and cellular metabolism. Checking through all of these links will help your understanding of the obesity problem, but I will highlight in bold lettering the ones that your questionnaire showed as potential personal problems.

It may be helpful to use www.HowToEatRight.net as a resource for my comments on your report. While you are there, click on An Integrated Theory on Nutrition to get my big picture opinion of the problem.

• Following the Nutritional guidelines for Americans has not worked over the past 30 years. http://www.howtoeatright.net/article2.html
• You do not eat 5 to 7 fresh fruit and vegetable servings a day. This is a common nutritional problem and becomes a significant problem for most people, because they are deficient in these nutrients and can't really be healthy without these cell parts. 5 A Day Fruits and Vegetables
• Eating Soy containing foods frequently: http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html
• You don't limit sugars and sweets. You are getting a lot of empty calories, which are high glycemic and stress your body by increasing your insulin levels and damaging the ability of your cells to remain healthy (communicate). http://www.howtoeatright.net/article8.html
• Using margarine: http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/butter.html
• Following the low fat / low cholesterol diet is part of the 'Dietary guidelines' emphasizing getting your fat from vegetable oils, which are prone to oxidize releasing free radicals. http://www.howtoeatright.net/article2.html
• Using vegetable oils. More info. here: http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/cod-liver-oil-menu.html
• You don't eat traditional, saturated fats. Traditional fats like butter, grass fed animal fats, and coconut oil are essential for healthy cells and make up a good part of the phospholipid layer of each cell wall. http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/import_sat_fat.html
• Regarding eating fast foods and frozen dinners frequently, most TV dinners are high glycemic and have artificial sweeteners and taste enhancers like MSG. http://www.westonaprice.org/msg/index.html
• Regarding diet sodas or artificial sweeteners: http://www.mercola.com/2004/jul/24/sweet_misery.htm
• You do not exercise regularly. Exercise seems to be basic to good health and is a major factor in lowering insulin levels: http://www.mercola.com/2003/aug/6/walking_health.htm
• Regarding allergies: Understanding Allergies - The Basics
• Eating when not really hungry is a common reaction to stress and is a difficult problem to overcome. I have been impressed by the use of .EFT, and this program is special. http://www.conquerovereating.com
• Regarding frequent infections: Using Your Immune System to Stay Well
• Chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia: http://howtoeatright.net/article22.html
• You have sexual dysfunction or menstrual abnormality. Insulin is one of the main hormones. When the level is too high it causes an imbalance of other hormones. This question is to get data to evaluate the relationship to the metabolic syndrome.
• You indicated that you had high stress. High stress is a wild card that increases adrenal hormone secretions eventually causing an increase of insulin secretion. It is something different from dietary intake but often is related to how we eat. A comprehensive article on stress is: http://www.emofree.com/Press-Releases/reduce-stress-four-ways.htm