Blood Sugar, Insulin & Metabolic Syndrome

This report may be useful if you experience any of these symptoms:

Blood sugar control is a balancing act. After you eat, your body has to move glucose out of the blood and into cells; between meals, it has to release stored fuel without letting blood sugar crash. Insulin is the main signal, and "insulin resistance" is the central problem behind type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic syndrome. The genes in this report shape your insulin sensitivity set point, how glucose enters tissues, how you store and burn fuel, and how cleanly you switch between feeding and fasting states. Most carry modest effects that are highly responsive to lifestyle.

• Fatigue, brain fog, or shakiness a few hours after meals
• Intense carb cravings or frequent hunger
• Energy crashes in the early afternoon
• Increasing waist size or difficulty losing weight
• Excessive thirst, frequent urination, blurry vision
• Slow-healing cuts or skin tags
• Darkened velvety patches in skin folds (acanthosis)
• Elevated fasting glucose or HbA1c
• High triglycerides, low HDL, or high blood pressure
• Fatty liver on imaging; elevated liver enzymes
• Irregular cycles or features of PCOS
• Numbness or tingling in the feet
• Exercise intolerance or muscle cramps
• Dark urine after exertion
• Fasting hypoglycemia, especially in children
• Difficulty going long between meals without a crash
• Family history of type 2 diabetes
• Difficulty feeling full after eating
• Meaningful improvement with exercise or fasting
• Strong response to metformin or berberine
• Tendency to eat late at night
• High refined-carb or sugar intake
• Alcohol use that raises liver enzymes
• Known fatty-acid oxidation disorder (MCAD, LCHAD, CPT2)

Answer the symptom questions below as honestly as you can. Combined with your DNA file, your answers help map which pathways are most worth your attention, and which support strategies give you the highest leverage.