Understanding Insulin Resistance
Insulin resistance sits beneath many of the problems patients bring to a metabolic clinic. Understanding it explains why weight, energy, and long-term risk are so often connected.
What insulin does
After you eat, insulin moves fuel from your blood into cells for use or storage. When cells respond less to insulin, the body compensates by making more. Blood sugar can stay normal for years while insulin levels climb — and high insulin promotes fat storage and hunger.
Why it develops quietly
Because blood sugar is often the last thing to change, standard screening can miss insulin resistance for a long time. Earlier signals — abdominal weight gain, post-meal crashes, and body composition — frequently reveal it sooner. Learn how we look earlier in our insulin resistance evaluation.
The good news: it responds
Insulin sensitivity improves with more muscle, regular movement, and better nutrition — and with medication when appropriate. Caught early, the trajectory toward prediabetes can often be changed.
See where you stand
Education is the first step. A metabolic evaluation turns these concepts into your numbers — and a plan built around them.
One interconnected picture
Understand what is limiting you.
Not all services are available yet. Telehealth appointments are anticipated to begin in late November 2026 for select patients. Please contact our office for additional information regarding eligibility and availability. In-person appointments and diagnostic testing are planned to begin in January 2027 at our Edina clinic.