The Wellness Greenhouse

I may ruffle a few feathers when I say this, but prostate cancer isn’t just “genetics,” or whatever oversimplified story mainstream medicine likes to toss at men. There’s a metabolic storm occurring underneath the surface, and insulin resistance is sitting right in the middle of it. The prostate is deeply sensitive to hormonal and metabolic dysfunction, and when blood sugar regulation is off, inflammation and tumor growth shift into high gear. If we’re going to talk healing, prevention, and real longevity, we have to talk about the metabolic roots of prostate disease, not just the symptoms that show up at the end.  Insulin resistance happens when your cells stop responding properly to insulin (the hormone produced by the pancreas that moves sugar out of your blood and into your cells for energy). When your cells become “blind” to insulin’s signal (usually due to chronic inflammation, stress, poor sleep, mineral imbalances, toxin exposure, and diets overloaded with refined fat and s...