Diabesity and Sugar Addiction

Diabesity and sugar addiction go hand in hand. Diabesity is the inflammation that happens from high glycemic foods and it is describes a  spectrum  all the way from mild insulin resistance to full-blown diabetes. The answer is  diet and lifestyle choices that support your unique genetic susceptibilities. Want to hear other episodes? Subscribe to my […]

Do You Have a Glucose Meter?

I recommend everyone purchase their own glucose meter as part of their “wellness tracking”. Digital health and personalized wellness is so popular now and more people are  interested in managing their own health by changing lifestyles and healthier living. This is your “Fitbit for blood sugar”. Since the research is showing how blood sugar levels […]

Top Ten Reasons Why Stress is Fattening

Let’s define stress first. Most people only think of psychological stress when they hear the term “stress”. Things like family or job issues, or traffic or money worries. Yes, these can certainly be stressful. There are also less obvious stressors and what I call “hidden” stressors that have the same physiological effect on the body. […]

What You Eat May Be Killing Your Brain – PART 2

The underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease begin with too much sugar on the brain. The cycle starts when we over-consume sugar and don’t eat enough fat, which leads to diabesity.  Type 3 Diabetes The idea that Alzheimer’s might be Type 3 diabetes has been around since 2005, but the connection between poor diet and Alzheimer’s […]

Diabetes Savvy – The Significant Seven Risk Factors

But what if type 2 diabetes could be reversed? What if intensive lifestyle and dietary changes could improve it? Pre-diabetes and diabetes exist on a continuum and both dramatically increase the risk of heart attacks, stroke, cancer, infertility, sexual dysfunction, depression and dementia. You don’t have to get diabetes to be at risk for all […]

How Are Glycemic Index and Weight Gain Related?

Often we are told weight gain is just about lack of willpower. Well, listen up. because the science tells us something different. Insulin is a fat storage hormone. Let me say that again. Insulin is a fat storage hormone.   When the insulin receptors do not work properly, the body thinks there is not enough […]

Glycemic Index Made Easy

 The body needs carbohydrates for the glucose they provide for fuel, especially to the brain. Our brain needs sugar to work and the body has a sophisticated regulatory system designed to keep blood sugars in a narrow window where the body operates optimally The glycemic index (GI) is a NUMERICAL system from 0 to 100 […]

Freedom from Sugar Cravings

 As a wellness professional, I am on a mission to create freedom from sugar cravings so you can 1. Shift from craving sugar to craving healthy, nourishing foods that make you feel GREAT 2.Get back in the driver’s seat, and stop letting sugar hijack your life. 3. Have more balanced and consistent energy throughout your day […]