Logividence Health Guides · 2026 Edition
Insulin resistance, explained — without the miracle cures.
A calm, readable guide for someone meeting insulin resistance and prediabetes for the first time. Understandable, but not dumbed down to the point of being wrong — built on what the studies actually say, and honest about where they don’t yet have an answer.
Based on 250+ sources — ADA · CDC · NIDDK · USPSTF · PubMed-indexed research · peer-reviewed meta-analyses.
The book
What it is, and who it’s for
Most of what you read about insulin resistance comes with no source you can trace — convincing slogans, miracle cures, 30-day resets. This book starts from the opposite place: the real questions people ask, answered from the strongest available evidence, in plain language.
It’s written for an ordinary person who wants to understand their own body a little better, not a clinician. Each chapter follows the same rhythm — what’s happening in the body, what the evidence says, then what it means in practice — so you can read the mechanism or skip straight to the practical answer.
Insulin resistance is not a life sentence. It is a signal — and the useful thing about a signal is that it tells you where to begin.
How we weigh evidence
Three words that mean three different things
The book is careful with its wording on purpose. These three phrases are not stylistic caution — they mark how much is actually known.
The science in this book is not decoration. It is a brake — against telling ourselves more than we really know.
The greatest weight goes to sources that summarize and compare many studies: guidelines from respected institutions, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Single studies, observational data, and mechanistic reasoning can help, but they don’t carry the same conclusion. An article with no references is not evidence — just a claim.
- ADA
- CDC
- NIDDK / NIH
- USPSTF
- NHLBI
- Cleveland Clinic
- MedlinePlus
- PubMed / PMC
Free guide
Your First Two Weeks
A one-page, printable checklist that turns the book’s starting advice into a plan you can actually follow — the first movement lever, the first meal change, the numbers to gather, and when to book a follow-up.
- What to do on days 1–3, days 1–7, and week 2
- The numbers worth gathering before you start
- One page, no jargon, made to stick on a fridge
No spam, no sales pitches — just corrections, updates, and early access to the next guides when they matter.
Methodology & transparency
Whose side this is on
Yours. The book isn’t sponsored by anyone — no payments from makers of medications, supplements, foods, or devices, and no affiliate links. When a specific name comes up, it’s because it belongs to the topic, not because someone paid for the mention. The only commercial interest is selling the book and offering email updates.
How sources are chosen
About 1,200 sources were gathered for the book’s questions; the final list contains the 258 actually used to support the chapters. Newer summaries are preferred where they exist, association is kept distinct from cause, and where sources disagree, the book says so rather than picking the convenient one.
About the use of AI
AI tools (Claude by Anthropic, ChatGPT by OpenAI) helped sort material, summarize technical texts, and find contradictions, and were used to proofread the original Czech and translate this English edition. AI was not a source of truth: every claim rests on a findable source, not on what a model remembers. The selection, judgment, and responsibility remain with the author, who is not a physician.
Changelog
Versions & updates
- v1.02026First edition published. Information reflects the state of research up to June 2, 2026.
What this guide intentionally doesn’t cover: detailed treatment of type 1 diabetes, individual medication dosing, acute conditions, or a full overview of lab methods. It’s not a cookbook or a training plan, and doesn’t claim one approach fits everyone.
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Medicine moves forward, and so will this guide. If a source has been superseded or you spot an error, tell us — corrections are logged in the changelog above.