A collection of links on diabetes, obesity and metabolic issues

Are You At Risk For Diabetes and Obesity? If you’ve taken or take psychiatric drugs the answer is YES

Many of us who’ve been on psychiatric drugs (really any psych drug) have insulin resistance even if we’ve not developed diabetes yet. It’s worth learning about even if you’ve not gotten to the point where your doctor calls your issues diabetes.

I have had significant metabolic issues and many of them are much better since I changed my diet (and got off the offending medications). I continue to tweak things and learn more and more. Much of what I’ve learned about diet and nutrition is collected on this archive page: Nutrition and gut health

These are all good introductory posts on issues surrounding blood sugar, hypoglycemia and diabetes.

•  Excellent information on blood sugar and how diabetes develops: learn this and get healthy

• Blood Sugar: Fixing The Problem

• Are You At Risk For Diabetes and Obesity? If you’ve taken or take psychiatric drugs the answer is YES

• Two mini posts and two short videos on hypoglycemia/blood sugar/diabetes type 2

• Why are we getting so fat? Obesity in the modern world

For a multitude of ideas about how to create a life filled with safe alternatives to psychiatric drugs visit the drop-down menus at the top of this page. 

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