Often diabetes is associated with the loss of insulin, however, long before the onset of type 2 diabetes the person at risk is suffering from a condition called “insulin resistance”. Insulin resistance is a big deal because it means that you are now “pre-diabetic” and are on the way to full blown diabetes. The consequences of insulin resistance are first; that your blood sugar is elevated leading to tissue damage and second; that your pancreas is working overtime to make more insulin and will eventually poop out. By the time...