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<p>It could well be. Certainly exercise that builds muscle (especially resistance strength training) is a quick way to improve insulin sensistivity.</p>
<p>Dr. Robert Lustig believes that fatty liver is major player in insulin resistance which is why he fingers chronic over-consumption of sugar. In fairness, he also fingers that because sugar consumption is one big environmental change that correlates with the increase in type 2 diabetes on a population basis.</p>
<p>I think the two obvious lifestyle changes are to 1) cut sugar and 2) start exercising, especially muscle-building exercise. Nothing but good can come from those two changes and I don’t think there’s a health professional of any persuasion who wouldn’t agree with those two.</p>
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<p>The big culprit is sugar in store-bought and restaurant salad dressings. I make my own dressings. No sugar, other than what might be in balsamic vinegar. Typically 2 TBS of extra virgin olive oil, 1 to 2 TBS of some kind of vinegar, 1 ounce of danish blue cheese, a dollop of dijon mustard, a 1/4 tsp of minced barlic, salt and pepper. </p>
<p>My one foible in salad making is that I can give up my croutons. My gigantic lunch salad, with that dressing, romaine lettuce, onion, bell pepper, carrots, and celery is:</p>
<p>Cals 510
Fat 41 g
Carbs 29 g
Fiber 5 g
Protein 9 g
Sugars 9 g</p>