Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Glucose, and Diabetes

The Science of Glucose Regulation, Insulin Resistance, and Metabolic Health

Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Glucose, and Diabetes is Book I2 of The Performance & Human Physiology Encyclopedia — a 93-volume, university-level library on food as medicine, applied honestly to a specific condition. It is written for dietitians, health professionals, patients and preventive-minded readers: deep enough that a professional already trained in the field keeps learning, structured clearly enough that a motivated reader can follow every step.

What you will find inside

• Blood Glucose, Insulin, and the Metabolic Health Crisis
• Glucose: The Fuel and the Tightly Regulated Variable
• Insulin: The Master Anabolic Hormone
• Glucagon and the Counter-Regulatory System
• The Fed and Fasted States: Whole-Body Glucose Homeostasis
• Insulin Resistance: The Central Lesion
• From Insulin Resistance to Type 2 Diabetes: Beta-Cell Failure and the Natural History
• The Diabetes Spectrum: Types, Diagnosis, and Monitoring
• Complications: Why High Blood Glucose Harms the Body
• Carbohydrates, Diet, and the Glycemic Response
• Beyond Carbs: Whole-Diet, Weight, and Nutritional Strategies for Insulin Sensitivity
• Exercise, Sleep, Stress, and the Non-Dietary Levers
• Putting It All Together: Prevention, Management, and Evidence-Based Practice

How this book is written

• University level, without dilution. Exact scientific terminology, defined at first use — mechanisms, not just conclusions.
• Evidence graded, not asserted. Major claims carry a level, from A (strong) to D (expert opinion), so you always know how much weight to give them.
• Numbers, formulas, worked examples. Reference ranges, equations and solved calculations you can apply the same day.
• Myths confronted directly. Where a popular claim does not survive the evidence, the book says so — and shows why.
• Fully referenced (APA 7). References at the end of every chapter, plus a master bibliography.

13 chapters · approx. 300 pages · Book I2, Collection I — Clinical Nutrition & Preventive Health.