
Medications that can raise blood sugar
The medications we take can affect our bodies in ways we may not expect. Here are some known to impact your glucose levels.
Metabolic Health
The medications we take can affect our bodies in ways we may not expect. Here are some known to impact your glucose levels.
Honey, brown rice syrup, agave nectar—marketing suggests these sweeteners are better for you than plain sugar. But they impact your metabolic health in the same way.
Sweet snacks and carb-heavy meals can spike your blood sugar. Here’s what that means for whether sugar can cause headaches.
Here's how obesity, skin health, and other issues are fundamentally rooted in blood sugar dysfunction and insulin resistance.
A combination of physical, psychological, and societal factors make us eat more sugar today than ever. Learn 5 ways to break the cycle of sugar cravings.
Metabolic health is getting worse for a growing number of people. Here is a look at the scale of the crisis and why we need to address it now.
Taking a post-meal walk can help stabilize blood sugar and give you more energy. New research explores when and how to walk for best results.
In this excerpt from Why We Get Sick, Ben Bikman explains how changes in insulin control can spur acne and other common skin problems
Prediabetes is not just a warning diagnosis—it’s a severe metabolic disorder. Fortunately, you can reverse prediabetes with lifestyle and diet changes.
Here are six mechanisms in our body that help us live longer, healthier lives—and that function best when we have stable blood sugar
In an excerpt from “Why We Get Sick,” Ben Bikman explains why metabolic health often focuses on glucose when insulin may be the main character
Glycemic variability is the amount your blood sugar changes throughout the day. Here's why we want to keep it low for optimal health.
In an excerpt from “Why We Get Sick,” Ben Bikman explains how glucose and insulin drive acid reflux, gallstones and other GI disorders.
The medications we take can affect our bodies in ways we may not expect. Here are some known to impact your glucose levels.
Honey, brown rice syrup, agave nectar—marketing suggests these sweeteners are better for you than plain sugar. But they impact your metabolic health in the same way.
Sweet snacks and carb-heavy meals can spike your blood sugar. Here’s what that means for whether sugar can cause headaches.
Here's how obesity, skin health, and other issues are fundamentally rooted in blood sugar dysfunction and insulin resistance.
A combination of physical, psychological, and societal factors make us eat more sugar today than ever. Learn 5 ways to break the cycle of sugar cravings.
Metabolic health is getting worse for a growing number of people. Here is a look at the scale of the crisis and why we need to address it now.
Taking a post-meal walk can help stabilize blood sugar and give you more energy. New research explores when and how to walk for best results.
In this excerpt from Why We Get Sick, Ben Bikman explains how changes in insulin control can spur acne and other common skin problems
Prediabetes is not just a warning diagnosis—it’s a severe metabolic disorder. Fortunately, you can reverse prediabetes with lifestyle and diet changes.
Here are six mechanisms in our body that help us live longer, healthier lives—and that function best when we have stable blood sugar
In an excerpt from “Why We Get Sick,” Ben Bikman explains why metabolic health often focuses on glucose when insulin may be the main character
Glycemic variability is the amount your blood sugar changes throughout the day. Here's why we want to keep it low for optimal health.
In an excerpt from “Why We Get Sick,” Ben Bikman explains how glucose and insulin drive acid reflux, gallstones and other GI disorders.