Our research and experience have taught us that to provide you with the most effective system to support you in balancing your health, a comprehensive, five-part program is required. Each element of this program has been designed with the fundamental goal of helping you to support your joint mobility and repair, and to improve your overall health.

THE ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM

1) INSULITE’S NUTRACEUTICAL FORMULAS

Effective metabolic change that supports the reversal of insulin resistance cannot be achieved with a single ingredient. A comprehensive program that includes several scientifically-designed formulas is recommended to help you manage your type 2 diabetes more effectively.

In recent years, new research has led many members of the medical community to begin to embrace the need for and benefits of taking nutritional supplements.  Increasingly, the benefits of specific vitamins, minerals, and accessory nutrients in joint health have become apparent. 

For example, studies indicate that magnesium deficiency disrupts our energy metabolism, which can have negative consequences for joints. Yet research indicates that as few as one in four of us have a dietary intake of magnesium that meets RDA levels. Since magnesium helps us process sugar, we can see how deficiencies in just one mineral such as magnesium can have dramatically negative effects for those of us with joint problems.

Research now clearly demonstrates that deficiencies in vitamins and minerals such as chromium, alpha lipoic acid, magnesium, vitamin B, zinc and vitamin D can lead to disruptions in your metabolism... and eventually difficulty with our maintenance and repair functions. 

We urge you to view the video and page, Why Nutraceuticals  to learn more about why specific nutrients and minerals are so vital to maintaining your health.

The formulas of the Insulite System for Healthy Joints are designed to support the basic metabolism of joints and metabolism associated with healthy weight. The Insulite System features these formulations to help put you on the path to better health.

The Insulite System for Healthy Joints is intended to be used as a system.  While the nutrient supplement component of this plan is intended to provide nutrients important to the structural and functional needs of the body, we do not believe that supplements alone are sufficient to achieve positive health outcomes.  Thus, the nutrient and functional food component of our plan is intended to be used in conjunction with a full self-care regimen of dietary changes, exercise, physical activity (Life in Motion), craving/addiction awareness, stress management, and community support.

Our functional foods contain vitamins, minerals, accessory food factors, and phytonutrients that support some of the biochemical events that are commonly reported in studies of people who complain of joint discomfort. 

1) FlexX: Serving size 3 capsules

Helps support cartilage and joint function.  Flex-X joint support supplies chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine sulfate for joint comfort.  This formula is also enriched in a bioavailable form of hyaluronic acid, which is a known constituent of healthy joints. Flex-X also contains 5-Lipoxin and a highly absorbable green tea phytosome, which provide anti-oxidant nutrients to support joint protection.

BioCell Collagen II 1000mg (hydrolyzed collagen, chondrotin sulfate, hyaluronic acid)
Glucosamine Sulfate 250 mg
5-Loxin 30 mg (Boswellia serrata standardized for 30% AKBA)
HIDROX (olive oil extract 6%)  100 mg
Green tea leaf (Camellia sinenses Phytosome) 200 mg

2) InsulX

Because joint discomfort is commonly associated with unhealthy blood sugar regulation, a formula has been included that provides nutrients that support healthy blood sugar levels.  InsulX also contains nutrients that have been shown in test tube, animal, and human studies to slow or block the process of glycation (damaging sugar-protein interactions).

Vanadium (Sulfate) - Restores blood glucose, lowers cholesterol, increases insulin sensitivity, improves glucose tolerance and metabolism, decreases body fat and reduces appetite naturally [remove].
Chromium (GTF Niacinate) - Supports insulin binding to cells and decreases cholesterol and insulin levels. Boosts insulin response to glucose.
Alpha Lipoic Acid – ALA is a central molecule in the biochemical steps that help convert glucose into energy.
Magnesium (as magnesium taurate) – Magnesium is the central element in all reactions involving ATP (our energy currency). Magnesium is also involved in multiple steps that human cells use to break down sugars.
Taurine - (could also use Mg glycinate and a separate taurine, due to cost)
Zinc (Picolinate) - Lowers insulin concentration and improves insulin sensitivity.
L-Carnitine (Tartrate) – Carnitine is part of the biochemical transport system that allows humans to carry fats in order that fats can be burned as fuel.
Copper (Citrate) - Balances zinc and supports its ability to lower insulin concentration.
Calcium (Citrate/Malate) - Reduces fasting insulin levels, increases insulin sensitivity and regulates fat tissue.
Biotin USP - Involved in the body’s central energy process called the TCA (tricarboxylic acid cycle).  Biotin is also a cofactor required for the synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids.
Manganese (Citrate)
Pancreatic Tissue - Contains specific amino acids in the correct proportions to supply growth, balance and repair factors of the pancreas[remove].
Adrenal Tissue - Contains specific amino acids to supply growth, balance and repair factors of the adrenals [remove].
Protease and Amylase - Improve absorption and digestion of proteins and nutrient absorption.

SUPPLEMENT FACTS
Bottle contains: 120 caps
Serving size: 4 caps per day
Dosing recommendation: 2 caps twice per day with meals
Use with the PCOS+, RejuvenX, and GlucX formulas

3) RejuvenX

RejuvenX is a combination of nutrients, accessory food factors, and phytonutrients that support healthy blood sugar metabolism, healthy cholesterol metabolism, and antioxidant function.

Vitamin C from calcium ascorbate - Balances Vitamin C deficiency that induces disordered glucose regulation, improves glucose tolerance and scavenges free radicals.
CoQ10 (Ubiquinone) – CoQ10 is fundamental to cellular energy production.  It is only available in the diets in trace amounts. Certain medications, such as statins, can interfere with coenzyme Q10 synthesis within the body.
Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin) - Reduces neuropathy associated with Diabetes, sorbitol accumulation, muscle weakness and tingling.
Folic Acid (Calcium Folinate) – Provides methyl groups for multiple biochemical reactions. Supports healthy homocystein levels.
Quercitin -
Bilberry Extract – Supports healthy circulation and anti-oxidant activity. 
Grape Seed Extract – Grape seed extract anti-oxidant properties are 20 to 50 times stronger than Vitamins C and E.) Lowers cholesterol levels and prevents damage to the artery from elevated glucose and insulin levels.
Riboflavin – Riboflavin (vitamin B2, as riboflavin-5-phosphate)
Thiamin - Thiamin (Vitamin B1) (as thiamin pyrophosphate) Thiamin is central to generating energy from carbohydrate, fat, and protein.  Thiamin has been shown to protect proteins from glycation.
Pyridoxamine  - A form of B6 that has been shown to protect proteins from glycation. Helps support healthy homocysteine levels.
Vitamin D - Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol) Vitamin D plays a role in bone health and has an important role in immunity, wound healing, and hypertension. Vitamin D may also be known to affect insulin secretion and glucose tolerance in Type 2 diabetes.
Cinnamon Extract - A recent controlled trial (1), comparing a placebo against cinnamon, demonstrated that doses of cassia cinnamomum ranging from 1-6 grams a day provided in divided daily doses all produced some significant reductions in blood sugar levels, total cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels and finally even lower levels of LDL lipoproteins. Rejuvenx provides 1.2 grams cinnamon per dose.

SUPPLEMENT FACTS
Bottle contains: 120 caps
Serving size: 4 caps per day
Dosing recommendation: 2 caps twice per day with meals
Use with the PCOS + ,InsulX, and GlucX formulas

4) Meta-OmegaX:  Serving size 2 gel caps

Omega- 3 fatty acids such as EPA and DHA have been extensively studied for their role in cell membrane integrity and the inflammatory system.  A consistent body of research has shown that omega-3 fatty acid insufficiency is linked to a heightened inflammatory state.  Ancient diets were considered to have an omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio of close to 4 to 1.  In modern diets, this ratio has been measured as high as 30 to 1, meaning there is excess fatty acids of the type that fuels inflammation.  Providing additional omega-3 fatty acids combined with reducing excessive omega-6 fatty acids in the diet can help restore this balance to more ideal levels.  Also, omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to favorably affect genes involved in the anti-inflammatory system.

Krill are tiny shrimp-like creatures that live in the cold water oceans. Much like omega-3-rich fish, krill consume algae from which they derive their rich abundance of omega-3 EPA and DHA.  Krill oil fatty acids exist in a phospholipid form, while fish oil fatty acids are found in triglyceride form.  Phospholipid-derived fatty acids are more easily absorbed and appear to be more readily taken up into tissues.

Krill Oil phospholipid extract 1000 mg

SUPPLEMENT FACTS
Bottle contains: 120 caps
Serving size: 2 caps per day
Dosing recommendation: 2 caps twice per day with meals
If taken as recommended:
Total EPA: 1440 mg per day
Total DHA: 960 mg per day
Use with the InsulX, RejuvenX, and GlucX formulas

2) THE INSULITE DIET PLAN

Food as medicine!

"... reducing weight by as little as 7% significantly improves insulin sensitivity because when the body sheds fat, the first to go is the bad visceral fat." Osama Hamdy, Director of the Obesity Clinical Program, Harvard University's Joslin Diabetes Center

What makes the Insulite Diet Plan unique? Four important elements:

• The entire plan is designed with the focused goal of increasing your insulin sensitivity as a means to control weight and inflammation.
• Specific strategies have been incorporated to help neutralize the addictive qualities of carbohydrates and sugars.
• The program is structured to reframe your relationship with food so that you can experience food as medicine. We help you recognize that the right foods can have a dramatic effect on transforming your health.
• We have replaced the old school "willpower or failure" model with a supportive approach that incorporates adjustments and corrections as a natural part of the process toward improved health.

Although counting calories and watching fat intake is important, what is even more critical is that your cells are insulin sensitive enough to efficiently process glucose and fat for energy. The Insulite Diet Plan is scientifically designed to help restore your energy efficiency.

To learn more about this unique nutritional plan and how you can use it to transform your health please view the Insulite Diet Plan video .

3) THE INSULITE EXERCISE PLAN

Exercise as medicine!

Have you ever started on a diet or exercise plan, feeling excited and hopeful, only to find you didn’t succeed like you wanted? Insulite Laboratories has discovered some very powerful factors that need to be addressed in order to provide you with an effective strategy to produce long-term results and help you to transform your health.

The Insulite Exercise Plan was devised to generate the following benefits to joint health:

1) reduce belly fat and lower the inflammatory chemicals produced by belly fat
2) reduce weight to minimize excessive loading on the joints (knee & hip)
3) improve blood sugar handling to reduce sugar damage to joint cartilage
4) strengthen muscles surrounding joints to improve joint stability and reduce pain
5) improve circulation of nutrients to cartilage

The Exercise Plan is designed to work in conjunction with our nutritional plan. It focuses on four vital elements that are uncommon in other exercise plans

• The fundamental goal of the Insulite Exercise Plan is to increase your cells' sensitivity to insulin.
• This plan is designed to neutralize the addictive qualities that carbohydrates and sugars have on your brain with careful, gradual changes in both diet and exercise.
• We help you reframe your relationship with exercise, so that you can experience exercise as medicine. We will remind you to recognize that, each time you engage in exercise or increase your movements throughout the day, it is “as if” you are providing your cells with medicine to help them become more sensitive to insulin.
• Our core exercise technology has been created by blending a two-stage model.  The first stage, “Exercise for Health,” is structured to be creative, flexible, and gradual. You pick activities you like, add as much variety as appeals to you, then gradually increase your time and duration.
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• The second part of this program which we call “Life in Motion” gives you numerous choices and strategies to incorporate small changes into your everyday life to increase your body’s natural movement.

To learn more about this unique exercise plan and how you can use it to transform your health please view the Insulite Exercise Plan video .

4) ADDICTION/CRAVINGS AWARENESS

Did you know that carbohydrates and sugars stimulate the same neural networks in your brain as cocaine and heroin? Shocking as this may seem, it is critical information in creating a strategy to successfully transform your health.

In conjunction with the Insulite Diet and Exercise Plans, the Insulite System for Healthy Joints also addresses food addiction/cravings. One of the primary factors in the lack of success of many diet plans is the failure to recognize and address these addictive qualities.

New research shows that carbohydrates and sugars can stimulate the same brain circuits as powerfully addictive drugs. Researchers at Princeton University studying bingeing and dependency found that ingesting large amounts of sugar causes changes similar to the changes in the brains of people who abuse illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin.

That is why dieting is so difficult and willpower is not enough to make a permanent lifestyle change. The Insulite System has been designed with specific strategies to help you neutralize these addictive qualities by modifying your diet very gradually while slowly introducing physical activity to balance your brain circuits.  In time, exercise – which also stimulates dopamine, endorphin and serotonin circuits – can replace your carbohydrate and sugar addictions and become your primary source of pleasure and contentment.

To learn more about the Insulite Addiction Awareness Plan, click here.

You may have already seen the video on Food as Medicine. In order to learn more about addiction/cravings and strategies to neutralize you may want to review it. Please watch this video .

You may have already seen the video on Exercise as Medicine. In order to learn more about exercise and addiction you may want to review it. Please watch this video .
 

5) SUPPORT

Are you aware of how much greater your chances for successfully making major lifestyle changes are if you are provided with a caring, ongoing  and effective support system and network?

The Insulite System for Healthy Joints is based on research that proves any life-changing program is more effective when support is involved. Our medical team has studied and treated insulin resistance over many years. In addition to helping patients in their practices, they have observed that people who receive consistent, compassionate, comprehensive support while working toward lifestyle changes are more likely to succeed in both the short-term and the long-term.

Because we want to help you with every step of your healing journey, Insulite has developed a state-of-the-art support system that includes two important parts.

The first is a comprehensive 52-week, Online Health Protocol.  Each week, this one-of-a-kind program provides you with a wealth of information, strategies, and tips on diet, exercise, managing food addiction/cravings, and motivation.

The second part of our support system provides you with continual access to guidance and coaching from Insulite’s Consulting and Advisory teams as you improve the vital balance of nutrients, diet and exercise in your life. You'll also receive a weekly health tip by email that is tailored to your condition with the aim of helping you to feel better. Support is a key aspect of the Insulite System for Healthy Joints in assisting your voyage to better health.

Study findings reported in -----------as well as other research studies all indicate the importance and value of diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes in support of joint health.

Reported in the insert journal, one study showed that this type of comprehensive protocol can reduce many of the complications of and improve quality of life in people with joint problems. Please click here to read more.

At Insulite Laboratories, we feel strongly that everyone with joint discomfort can benefit from a personal lifestyle program right now. All of us with joint problems have much to lose by waiting.

Insulite Laboratories believes you should start taking action immediately, so that you may live as healthy and happy a life as possible for as long as possible.  We at Insulite are dedicated to helping you effectively support maintaining healthy joints.