Article: You can track your insulin levels by getting your doctor to order blood tests that focus on insulin, as opposed to blood sugar. Aim for a “fasting insulin” test that reads less than 55 pmol/L (8 mIU/L ). Depending on what your doctor suggests, you may want to get these tests done as frequently as every 2 weeks. If you are deficient in magnesium, this can contribute to the development of insulin resistance. To balance this out, add more green leafy vegetables into your diet. Aim to eat at least 1 salad or greens-based meal per day. You can also snack on nuts, like walnuts, or legumes to get an extra magnesium boost.  Adding magnesium alone will not have much of an impact on your insulin resistance. You should make this change along with other lifestyle changes. If you’ve tried to make dietary changes, but are unsure if they’ve worked, talk with your doctor about taking a magnesium supplement. Vitamin D helps your body to properly process glucose and maintain proper blood sugar and insulin levels. You can get some vitamin D from natural sunlight or by eating certain foods, such as eggs. Talk with your doctor about combining a supplement with a healthy diet.  A person younger than 70 should get at least 600 International Units (IUs) of vitamin D each day. This amount raises to 800 or more IUs for older persons. While vitamin D is a necessary nutrient for healthy blood sugar, just adding vitamin D to your diet will not fix your insulin resistance unless you also make other healthy changes to reduce insulin resistance. If you’ve met with your doctor about your insulin resistance, they might put you on a regulatory medication, such as metformin. This medication is designed to control blood sugars and lower insulin resistance if you have signs of early diabetes. Talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits of short term treatment with metformin.
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Monitor your levels with blood tests. Get enough magnesium. Take vitamin D supplements. Take metformin to regulate your blood sugar levels.
Article: Although some people are opposed to freezing garlic, as it is said to change the texture and flavor, freezing can be a good option for those who use garlic infrequently or for people with leftover cloves that they don't want to go to waste. You can freeze garlic in one of two ways:  You can freeze whole, unpeeled garlic cloves by wrapping them in plastic wrap or aluminum foil, or popping them in a freezer bag, and placing in the freezer. You can then remove individual cloves as needed.  Alternatively, you can peel the garlic cloves, crush or chop them finely and place the garlic in a plastic freezer bag or wrap it in some plastic freezer wrap. If the garlic becomes stuck together when frozen, you can grate off as much of the frozen garlic as needed. Another easy way to preserve your garlic is to dry it out. Dried garlic will condense, so a even a large amount of garlic will take up very little space in your pantry. When used in cooking, the dried garlic will absorb water and give great flavor to your dish. There are two ways to dry garlic, depending on whether you have a food dehydrator or not.  You can dry garlic in a food dehydrator by peeling the cloves and cutting them in half lengthwise. You should only use plump, unbruised cloves for dehydrating. Place them on the tray of your dehydrator and follow the manufacturers instructions for best heat settings. The garlic is completely dried when it becomes crisp and brittle.  If you don not have a food dehydrator, you can use the same process, using the oven instead. Place the halved garlic cloves on a baking dish and bake at 140 °F (60 °C) for two hours. Then turn the heat down to 130 and continue to bake until the garlic is fully dried..
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Freeze garlic. Dry garlic.
Article: Nike needs information about your business before they award you authorized retailer status.  In order to provide this information, you must take a brief survey.  The questions about the nature of your business include:  Is your business home-based? Is your business online? Do you have a physical store that you sell products from? When you’ve completed the survey, click “Save Application” at the bottom of the section. From the main “Application Progress” screen, click the number 2.  This will take you to the general account information section.  General account information is information pertaining to your business.  Enter the full name of the business along with relevant contact information in this section of the application. Additionally, enter billing information.  This is especially important in cases where your business is billed to an address that is different than the address of your business’ location. When you’re done, click the “Save Application” button at the bottom of the page. From the main “Application Progress” screen, click the number 3.  The business profile is the portion of the application where you enter information pertaining to what type of business you have.  Is it a sporting goods store?  A department store?  A general footwear store?  Choose the correct business type from the drop-down menu to select it.  The text boxes below the business type drop-down menu offer you the chance to provide more details about your business.  If you wish, enter the name of your business agent and type a brief description of the business. More specifically, you’ll have to designate what the organizational scheme of your business is.  Is it an LLC, a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or some other sort of business?  Select the appropriate business type from the drop-down menu to select it. Provide the date the business started and its tax ID. When you’re done, click “Save Application” to return to the main screen. From the main “Application Progress” screen, click the number 4.  In this section, you must -- at the bare minimum -- provide the first and last name of the store or company’s owner, as well as their title within the company.  If you wish, add optional details about the owner’s background, including his or her driver’s license number, phone number, Social Security number, and address. The owners of any business that is not a sole proprietorship will need to indicate what percentage of the business each owner possesses. Fill this section out carefully.  If the application is approved, the owners will be required to sign the contract. If your business has multiple owners, you can add owners by filling in the “Add New Owner” section again after filling the section out for the first owner and clicking the “Add New Owner” button. When you’ve completed the section, click “Add Owner,” then click “Return to Application.” This section requires you to indicate where you want to sell Nike products.  From the main “Application Progress” screen, click the number 5.  Fill in the text boxes with the appropriate information about the store where you want to sell Nike goods.  Mandatory fields include the store’s name, address, city, state, zip code, country, and phone number.  If you want to provide additional details, you could provide a store number, a billing address, and a fax number. If you wish to sell Nike goods at multiple locations that are all owned by a single company, you can click the “Add New Store” button at the bottom of the section. Once you’ve filled in all the information, click “Add New Store,” then click “Return to Application” at the bottom of the page.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Provide information about your business. Provide general account information. Provide a business profile. Provide ownership information. Provide information about proposed stores.