Do you get grumpy when you’re hungry? Do you have mood changes based on what you eat? Do you wake up in the night needing to snack? Did you know that blood sugar issues are not just dietary related? Blood sugars ups and downs can occur with increased stress and lead to elevated cholesterol. In this episode Dr. Jannine Krause discusses how diet, stress and being sedentary affect your blood sugar and what you can do to keep your blood sugar in check to prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
What You’ll Learn In Today’s Episode:
• Why it’s best to eat dinner foods for breakfast
• How eating breakfast foods at night balance blood sugar
• How cortisol causes blood sugar imbalances
• Why blood sugar issues cause cardiovascular disease
Resources from the Show:
• Berberine – Integrative Therapeutics – take 1,500 mg before bed – alternative to Metformin & can lower cholesterol too
• Meriva – Thorne – Tumeric – take one a day
• MegaSpore – probiotics – take one with breakfast
• Magnesium Malate Powder by Seeking Health – 500 mg
• Eat every 3-4 hours – protein and good fat with breakfast and lunch; 1 cup of fruit/grain/potato at dinner to help
balance blood sugar over night
• Eat 6-8 cups of leafy greens a day – or get in a green drink
• Breathing – 5 count inhale and 7 count exhale
• Exercise – 30 minutes cardio 5 days a week with 4 days weight lifting a week; consider doing interval cardio 10 minutes a day 1 minute fast and 30 seconds slow alternating
• Fitness Blender – ideas for weight lifting and exercise
• Routine planner and guide
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