The Atma Approach

Diabetes

Blood sugar is the symptom, not the cause.

Why chasing your A1C with more and more medication misses what's actually driving your blood sugar.

By Dr. Neela Sandal

The short answer: Blood sugar is a symptom of underlying dysregulation, not the cause. The Atma Approach is to treat the underlying root instead of chasing numbers.

How Does Mainstream Medicine Treat Type 2 Diabetes?

Mainstream medicine's approach to type 2 diabetes is numbers and pills.

A1C too high? Add a medication. Still high? Add another. Insulin later, maybe. Side effects? That's the trade-off. For how long? Usually for life — and the dose often creeps up over time.

Sound like your last visit?

What Does Mainstream Medicine Miss About Type 2 Diabetes?

Blood sugar is a symptom of underlying dysregulation, not the cause, so chasing the numbers can leave the real problem running.

Type 2 diabetes has a root cause. It isn't the same in every person. Blood sugar is important, but it's not the cause — it's a symptom of underlying dysregulation in the body. Treat the underlying root, and you can get out of the never-ending loop of chasing numbers while the real problem keeps running. The body is built to keep glucose in range when the system around it is working properly.

The Atma Approach looks at you as a unique person and finds your unique root cause.

Has your doctor ever talked to you about these commonly missed root causes?

Commonly Missed Root Causes

•Insulin receptor fatigue from years of metabolic overload
•Fatty liver quietly dumping extra glucose into the blood
•Too little muscle, so sugar has nowhere useful to go
•High sympathetic tone and poor sleep timing that keep glucose up overnight
•Gut signaling that no longer tells the pancreas and liver the right story after a meal
•Mineral and circadian inputs the system needs to maintain its own balance

How Can Atma Clinic Help With Type 2 Diabetes?

Atma's doctors and nurse practitioners, certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine, work to find and treat the root cause of your type 2 diabetes rather than only managing symptoms.

We've helped hundreds of patients minimize — or entirely eliminate — their diabetes medication.

At Atma, our Medical Doctors (MDs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) go through intensive training to become certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine. They're certified and ready to get to the root of your issue.

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