Topic
Insulin Resistance
Insulin Resistance is a recurring research topic on Health Canon. This hub collects related explainers and protocols, newest first, each with evidence grades and practical decision frameworks.
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Metabolic Health
Prediabetes: The Action Steps That Work (2026)
Confirm diagnostic bands, then DPP-style lifestyle, strength training, weight management, sleep, and meds when indicated—no detox theater.
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Metabolic Health
Prediabetes Progression and Screening: Catch the Window
FPG, A1C, and OGTT define the prediabetes band. Progression to T2D is common—and often preventable.
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Light & Recovery
PBM Glucose Evidence Beyond One Pilot: Animals and Early Human Data
Diabetic mouse models and small human reports expand the file—without graduating light to guideline therapy.
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Light & Recovery
PBM Metabolic Mechanisms: Cytochrome c Oxidase to Glucose Hypotheses
Red/NIR light can modulate mitochondrial signaling. Bridging that to durable human insulin sensitivity remains a hypothesis stack.
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Metabolic Health
Insulin Resistance Pathophysiology: Muscle, Liver, Fat, and Signaling
IR is impaired insulin action in muscle, liver, and adipose—ectopic lipid, inflammation, and β-cell compensation explain the arc to T2D.
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Metabolic Health
Diet Patterns, Weight, and Insulin Resistance: What Moves the Needle
Energy deficit and dietary patterns that cut ectopic fat beat miracle macros. Mediterranean-style and structured programs have outcome data.
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Metabolic Health
Habits That Improve Insulin Sensitivity (2026)
First-line insulin sensitivity levers: walking after meals, resistance training, weight loss when indicated, sleep, and food pattern—drugs and gadgets ranked honestly.
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Metabolic Health
Sleep, Circadian Rhythm, and Insulin Resistance
Short sleep and night light are metabolic exposures—not soft lifestyle footnotes.
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Light & Recovery
Red Light and Blood Glucose: The Powner & Jeffery 2024 OGTT Pilot
27.7% lower integrated glucose rise in healthy adults—acute, small, not a diabetes cure.
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Metabolic Health
Exercise for Insulin Resistance: Aerobic, Resistance, and Concurrent Training
Muscle is a glucose sink. Training beats gadget stacks for IR when volume is real.
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Metabolic Health
Diabetes Diagnostic Criteria: FPG, OGTT, and HbA1c Explained
ADA cut points define dysglycemia categories—not HOMA-IR and not one restaurant spike.
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Metabolic Health
The Metabolic Labs Worth Requesting (2026)
Decision-grade lab roundup: glycemic criteria, HOMA-IR context, ApoB, iron studies, hs-CRP, and foundational CMP/TSH—without wellness panel maximalism.
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Women's Health
PCOS and Insulin Resistance in Women: Lean Phenotypes, GDM, Menopause
PCOS ~5–18%; IR often ~60–80% (lean still ~20–25%); GDM legacy and menopause as second IR windows—lifestyle first.
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Men's Health
Men’s Visceral Fat and Insulin Resistance: Why Waist Beats the Scale
Android fat, portal FFA, and higher IR at given BMI vs premenopausal women—lifestyle stack first, not red-light testosterone myths.
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Metabolic Health
Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Red Light: An Evidence Firewall
ADA diagnostics, DPP effect sizes, and where photobiomodulation sits—experimental adjunct, not standard of care.
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Metabolic Health
HOMA-IR Explained: Formula, Cutoffs, and What It Is Not
(Fasting insulin × fasting glucose) / 405 in mg/dL units. Useful IR surrogate—not an ADA diabetes diagnostic criterion.
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