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9 Out of 10 People Have This Problem. Most Have No Idea.This morning I sat in on a zoom call run by medical doctors. It was aimed primarily at health professionals. And what was presented was blunt, refreshing and long overdue.9 out of 10 people have some degree of insulin resistance. And it is the common thread running through some of the most prevalent health conditions we are seeing right now.Obesity. Type 2 diabetes. Heart disease. Fatty liver. PCOS. Neuropathy. High blood sugar. High cholesterol. Sleep apnoea. Gut issues like leaky gut and IBS. Brain fog. Anxiety and depression. Chronic inflammation. Belly fat. Constant cravings. Skin tags.Most people are treating these as separate problems. Separate medications. Separate diets. Separate specialists. But they are not separate. They share the same root cause.The Numbers Are Hard to Ignore93% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. And the global picture is no better. Research published in Nature Communications shows that metabolic syndrome prevalence has doubled since 2000 — now affecting around 1.54 billion adults worldwide. A separate analysis puts it even more simply — roughly 1 in 2 adults globally has some degree of metabolic dysfunction.Most have absolutely no idea.Three Approaches — And Why Two Fall ShortThe doctors on this call were clear. There are three ways people are currently trying to solve these problems.The first is pharmaceuticals. Statins. Metformin. Lisinopril. Ozempic. These drugs are widely prescribed and in many cases they do what they are designed to do — manage the symptom. Ozempic for example is the latest headline grabber. It reduces food noise and helps people eat less. It works. But it does not fix insulin resistance. And like all pharmaceuticals there are trade offs — side effects, dependency, and an underlying problem that keeps progressing.The second is natural remedies. For people who prefer to avoid pharmaceuticals there are natural options for most of these conditions. The problem is they are not standardised. Dosing is inconsistent. Quality varies. And most medical professionals are not trained in them — they are trained in pharmaceuticals. So the path of least resistance is almost always a prescription.The third approach is one most people have never heard of. Nutraceuticals.What Are Nutraceuticals — And Why Do They Matter?Nutraceuticals take the best of natural solutions and combine them into a clinically proven, standardised, effective dose. They bridge the gap between pharmaceuticals and natural remedies. The science exists. The clinical evidence exists. The results are there.But almost nobody knows about them yet.According to the medical doctors on this call — that is about to change. Nutraceuticals are what they believe will shift the future of healthcare. Not managing symptoms. Actually addressing the cause.What This Means For YouIf you are living with any of the conditions on that list — or if you just do not feel the way you think you should — it is worth asking a different question. Not "what do I take for this symptom" but "what is actually driving this in the first place."That question leads somewhere very different. And the answer is becoming clearer.Berni Woods |&nbsp;Health &amp; Wellness Advocate

9 out of 10 people have this problem and don't know!

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Most people I speak to have a list of symptoms they've just learned to live with.Tired all the time. Belly fat that won't budge no matter what they try. Waking up at 3am for no reason. Cravings that hit like a truck an hour after a full meal. Brain fog that makes getting through the day feel like wading through mud.And when they finally go to the doctor — the results come back normal.So they go home, put it down to stress or getting older, and carry on.But here's what I've learned: these symptoms aren't random. And they're not just "part of life." In many cases they're different signals of the same underlying metabolic imbalance — and the standard blood tests most of us are offered simply aren't designed to catch it early enough.<blockquote>What Is Metabolic Imbalance — And Why Does It Matter?</blockquote>Your metabolism is responsible for converting food into energy, regulating hormones, managing inflammation, controlling blood sugar, and keeping pretty much every system in your body running properly.When something disrupts that process (and one of the biggest disruptors is insulin resistance) the effects show up everywhere. Not just as high blood sugar. But as fatigue, weight gain, poor sleep, hormonal issues, digestive problems, joint pain, skin changes, and more.The frustrating part? Insulin resistance can be building silently for years before it ever flags on a standard test. By the time your glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) raises a red flag, the underlying issue has often been progressing for a long time.<figure id="figure-30c9d36qxmocg4r4c"><img id="30c9d36qxmocg4r4c" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/38ZRLSfe1gms7IFSSmsZTPKQK5MmG3b4csilLcykoHUmrN1NculY1ceCIquRkOBg.png" alt="Insulin resistance indicators" title="Insulin resistance indicators" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: undefined undefined;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="Insulin resistance indicators" data-positionX="undefined" data-positionY="undefined" data-fullWidth="false"/><figcaption class="body-normal text-gray-500 mt-2">Insulin resistance indicators</figcaption></figure>100 Symptoms. One Common Thread.There are actually over 400 symptoms all linked to the same underlying metabolic pattern. And when I went through it, I was struck by how many people would recognise themselves in that list without ever connecting the dots. I've broken it down to 100.Some of them include: <ul><li>Skin tags</li><li>Waking between 2 and 4am</li><li>That 3pm energy crash</li><li>Stubborn belly fat</li><li>Cravings you can't explain</li><li>Dark patches of skin</li><li>Bloating after meals</li><li>Difficulty getting pregnant</li><li>Brain fog after eating.</li></ul>None of these feel related. But metabolically, they often are.Why I Made this Assessment FreeIn conjunction with Ethan Leeds Naturopath of 35+ years, this free Metabolic Health Self-Assessment is based on 100 symptoms that everyone should have access to check, because we believe people deserve to understand what their body is telling them, before it becomes a bigger problem.It takes less than 5 minutes. You simply tick the symptoms that apply to you. Most people are surprised how many they recognise.And if you tick several of the starred symptoms, those are the ones considered stronger indicators of underlying metabolic imbalance which is worth paying attention to.This isn't a diagnosis. I'm not a doctor. But it is a starting point. A way to see a pattern that might have been hiding in plain sight.Ready to Take It?The assessment is completely free and takes less than five minutes.<a data-mce-href="https://form.typeform.com/to/XTrHiCQV" href="https://form.typeform.com/to/XTrHiCQV" title="Take the Metabolic Health Self-Assessment Here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Take the Metabolic Health Self-Assessment Here</a>&nbsp;If your results surprise you, or if you'd like to talk through what they might mean, I'll reach out via your preferred email address.&nbsp;Berni Woods Health &amp; Wellness Advocate Based in Adelaide, South Australia #InsulinResistance #MetabolicHealth #BloodSugarBalance #FeelGreatSystem #HealthAndWellness #GutHealth #HormoneHealth #EnergyLevels #WeightLossJourney&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <a title="Metabolic Health Assessment" href="https://form.typeform.com/to/XTrHiCQV" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://form.typeform.com/to/XTrHiCQV" rel="noopener">Metabolic Health Assessment</a>

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It's all something most of us struggle with, the overeating, the eating too fast, eating when we aren't even hungry, but how do we fix it? This isn't a knowledge problem, because we all know what's good and bad for us, but why do we keep doing the same thing over and over again? Find out below from Keren Devin how we can identify the two types of relationships we have with food, and how we can implement different tools to steer our eating habits in the right direction. <iframe id="u4xjxg9so7mnzhnccs" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/unQLjjbeLMQ" class="w-full bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" data-url="https://youtu.be/unQLjjbeLMQ?si=tGj-3zZyJliLCgO1" data-corners="default" data-fullwidth="true" data-mce-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/unQLjjbeLMQ" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9;"></iframe>For more information on our two step Feel Great protocol, or to be invited to our next Science Call where we listen to the protocol indepth and hear from heartwarming testimonials of people turning their life around, please reach out to me at <a href="mailto:berniwoodsie@gmail.com" data-mce-href="mailto:berniwoodsie@gmail.com">berniwoodsie@gmail.com</a> In the meantime, you can join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CNt1WQqZm/ Just mention Berni Woods for your access:&nbsp;#foodrelationships #metabolichealth #eatingdisorder #stresseating

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