How to Test for Insulin Resistance At-Home & How to Reverse it with Dr. Alexandra Sowa | Episode 89

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Even if you ask your doctor for a fasting insulin test, they often REFUSE! If you get it, your doctor might say that anything below 23 is "fine" but ideally, you may not feel well unless it's somewhere between 2-5.

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TODAY'S GUEST:

"Traditional medicine only allows time and room for medication management. There's no time for lifestyle and nutrition management."

Dr. Alexandra Sowa is a duel board-certified physician of internal medicine, specializing in metabolic health, and clinical instructor of medicine at NYU Langone. Dr. Sowa has served as a health expert for national media outlets and print publications like SiriusXM, CBS News, NPR, the New York Times, U.S. News, World Report, and more. In addition to her private practice in NYC, she is the founder of SoWell Health, a consumer metabolic health company. SoWell Health’s foundational product, The Weight Biology Kit, is the first at-home lab kit to test for insulin resistance and other metabolic factors that make up your weight biology. You can learn more about Dr. Sowa and SoWell at getsowell.com.

On today's episode we talk all about: 

• Dr. Sowa's disillusion with mainstream medicine
• Why nutrition needs to be the core of any health and weight loss plan
• The number 1 marker that tells you how to create a personalized health plan and how to uncover and get to the root causes of disease
• The problems with the mainstream medical system according to a doctor
• The outdated dogma Dr. Sowa was taught
• Doctors don't get education on how to interpret fasting insulin testing
• Why is fasting insulin so important
• What is Insulin Resistance and where we got it wrong in traditional medicine
• What are the ramifications of Insulin Resistance
• By the time your A1C is high or by the time the blood sugar is high, insulin has been creeping up for 20 years
• PCOS is a disease of Insulin Resistance 
• Benefits of metformin on insulin sensitivity
• Traditional ranges of Insulin vs Functional (Ideal) Ranges of Insulin
• What the HOMA/IR score is and why it's so important
• Strategies to improve Insulin Sensitivity
• The alarming amount of people who have Insulin Resistance

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