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Are the holidays losing their sparkle? Do you feel more like a Grinch than an Elf? It’s more common than you think. Holiday burnout — a state of physical, mental, and emotional tiredness brought on by the demands and expectations of the season — affects 1 in 3 Americans.1,2...

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At least 1 in 3 American adults has insulin resistance — and often, they don’t know it.1 

Insulin resistance wreaks havoc on your health long before it’s diagnosed. It harms your brain, your eyes, your heart, your kidneys, and your other organs. And if that’s not bad...

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Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic condition in which your cells have lost the ability to respond to the hormone called insulin. Plus, your pancreas has become dysfunctional so that it doesn’t produce as much insulin as it should.1 

The result is consistently high levels of glucose...

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