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How to restore insulin levels
Last reviewed: 08.07.2025
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To restore insulin levels, it is not enough to use pharmaceutical drugs. It is important to lead a healthy lifestyle and eat right. Without this, even the best drugs will not be able to help you fully. So, here are our steps to restore insulin balance.
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How to eat right?
To keep the hormonal balance at a level, you need to establish a diet. Food should be taken in small portions, not huge ones. These meals should be distributed throughout the day - a total of 5-6 times a day.
If you do not overload your body with fatty, heavy food, distributing its volumes throughout the day, the insulin level will decrease without any drugs. At the same time, you will be able to cope with such a serious enemy as insulin resistance, that is, its non-acceptance by the body.
Physical activity
If a person does sports at least minimally (walks up to half an hour a day, does basic exercises), the insulin level decreases. Then fresh air and physical exercises allow glucose to accumulate in the muscles and give energy. When you sit or lie down, glucose accumulates not in the muscles, but in the blood, and instead of a boost in energy, you feel sleepy and lethargic.
If you move and rest at least every hour while working at the computer, and replace the elevator with stairs, you will do your body a good service. Increased glucose levels will cause insulin to move from the pancreas, and this will gradually reduce the body's resistance to insulin.
Where to start with the loads?
Doctors especially recommend that people with increased resistance to insulin take fast walks for at least 30 minutes. You can start small – with a 10-minute slow walk in the morning and before bed. This way, the body will gradually adjust to glucose tolerance and stop rejecting insulin. This will significantly increase your vital energy.
How to Improve Ovarian Function with Insulin
If you have visited an endocrinologist, had tests done and found that your body has elevated insulin levels, you need to take immediate action. It is important to reduce insulin levels so that the body does not develop glucose intolerance, which significantly worsens a person's condition.
Forms of combating insulin resistance
Estradiol in the form of tablets - it is important to take it in reasonable doses Progesterone (take it only in the form of non-oral drugs - they greatly affect fluctuations in blood sugar levels)
Do not take medications that can increase the body's resistance to insulin - these include, for example, mixed estrogens, synthetic progestins, and combined progestins.
You should not use creams or pills for contraception with a high content of progesterone, because this provokes fat accumulation, provokes the development of diabetes and increases the body's resistance to insulin.
Take medications that can increase the body's sensitivity to insulin as recommended by your doctor. This significantly reduces the risk of obesity.