The REAL price on that tag

Q: The other day I noticed that I’m developing skin tags at the top of my legs, where they meet my abdomen. Should I be concerned about them?

Dr. Wright: In my experience, all skin tags — whether they’re located on the neck, under the arms, or in the groin area — indicate the same thing: a greater possibility of insulin resistance, which leads to Type II diabetes. They can even indicate that you already have a mild case of Type II diabetes. To find out for sure, you should have a glucose tolerance- insulin resistance test (GT-IRT) done.

The results can help you determine if you’re at risk for diabetes even if you’re still years away from actually “coming down” with it. And that gives you plenty of time to make sure you don’t. You might want to refer back to the July 2001 issue of Nutrition & Healing for more information on the glucose tolerance-insulin resistance test. Subscribers can download this issue for free by visiting www.wrightnewsletter.com and logging on with the username and password listed on page 8 of your most recent issue.