Nearly 70% of North American adults will be diagnosed as diabetic or pre-diabetic, which can be avoided and cured with a healthy lifestyle.
Insulin sensitivity, caused by excess fat in the liver, is responsible for the majority of all cases of type II diabetes and pre-diabetes.
Fat in your liver prevents your liver from accepting sugar from the bloodstream, so you stop responding to insulin and become insulin sensitive.
The more fat you have in your liver, the greater your insulin resistance.
Some ways to prevent fat from getting in your liver include: 

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