When was the last time someone spoke to you about insulin levels?

Unless you’re a diabetic, you probably don’t hear much about it. And that’s a problem, because so much of our poor health can trace its roots back to insulin levels that were allowed to spin out of control.

One new study even links high insulin levels in postmenopausal women to an increased risk for breast cancer.

I touched on this startling information just a few weeks ago, when I mentioned how the high-carb lifestyle can increase your risk for breast cancer.

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York looked at data on 5,450 women. The researchers found that postmenopausal women in the upper third of insulin levels were twice as likely to develop breast cancer as women in the bottom third.

Not only that, but because the researchers had access to insulin readings on these women taken repeatedly over a number of years, the connection appears to be especially strong.

Some folks might say that women with high insulin levels are more likely to be overweight, and obesity is already known to be a risk factor for breast cancer in post-menopausal women.

But in this study, the researchers found that the link to high insulin levels and breast cancer was actually stronger in thin women – a clear indication that the insulin levels are a risk factor of their own.

The results of this study were published in July online in the International Journal of Cancer.

All the mainstream diet advice revolves around fat and calories, but none are willing to talk about the role of insulin and the importance of keeping those levels in check. Poor diets high in carbs – including those worthless low-fat diets – lead to high insulin levels and a host of health problems, starting with obesity and diabetes.

As this new study shows, it can even increase your risk for breast cancer.

I’ll have more details on the role of insulin in your body in the September issue of Health Revelations, including five simple things you can do to slash your insulin need. Subscribe now, and you’ll get complete access to our online archives, too.

There, you can look at my article in the June issue on the body’s fat-making switch – and how to turn it off for good.

As the latest research shows, high insulin can harm you even if you’re not overweight. Whether you’re a man or woman, get those levels under control today to save yourself from a world of hurt tomorrow.