Grassroots Naturopathic Medicine Health Clinic

Metabolic Health

Are you Metabolically Healthy?

Metabolic Dysfunction is an exciting new term that we are using to describe your metabolic health which can be seen through body composition (the ratio of muscle to fat), early blood markers detecting imbalances and waist circumference.

Blood Sugar

What is insulin sensitivity versus insulin resistance?

When we eat carbohydrates, our pancreas secretes insulin.

Insulin tells the cells of our body to uptake glucose or sugar, removing it from our blood stream. When the cells listen to insulin’s message and respond by lowering our blood sugar, they are working well. Sugar moves out of our bloodstream into our cells. This is insulin sensitivity. This is what we want!