EP 2: What I THOUGHT Would Help Lower My A1C vs What Actually Did

EP 2 - What I THOUGHT Would Help Lower My A1C vs What Actually Did

Let’s face it, there is a lottt of misinformation, advice and poor strategy that floats its way through the internet. While intentions may be good - its effects are not. So it’s up to us to filter what is beneficial for our bodies, mind and spirit - and what is not so beneficial. In this episode, I take you through the past seven years since my diagnosis and what I THOUGHT would help me control my blood sugars and lower my A1C and what ACTUALLY helped, without leaving me feeling restricted.

Here’s what’s inside today’s episode:

1. Clearing up the confusion between what diets and strategies are more likely to leave us feeling restricted and resentful.
2. #1: The first thing I was told - restrict carbs. Why this didn’t serve me and how looking at the bigger picture of pairing my foods strategically helped more.
3. #2: Why the detoxes, cleanses and resets are just short term solutions to blood sugar management and what you can look to instead.
4. #3: The “pre-bolusing strategy” just isn’t it.
5. #4: We’re in an age where relying on your endo as your only means of support will only hold you back in your management.
6. #5: There will be times when exercise won’t actually benefit you, despite what we’re told. What to look to instead.
7. #6: Why we’re told to avoid variability with this diagnosis and why it doesn’t work.

SHOW NOTES

• ⏰ (1:08): Welcome back! Today we’re clearing up some confusion
• ⏰ (4:24): What I thought would help me control my blood sugars: avoid carbs
• ⏰ (10:00): Detoxes, Cleanses and Resets = no.
• ⏰ (11:42): Working WITH your hormones makes all the difference
• ⏰ (14:34): #3 - pre-bolusing isn’t always the answer
• ⏰ (17:57): #4 - simply relying on your endo.
• ⏰ (19:41): You can assess your own baselines and make changes on your own!
• ⏰ (20:08): #5 Exercising everyday is no bueno
• ⏰ (23:39): Reduce. Your. Stress.
• ⏰ (25:16): Avoid variability (yeah right).
• ⏰ (26:26): WELCOME MORE FLEXIBILITY!
• ⏰ (28:35): Outro

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*Disclaimer: Nothing inside of Keeping it 100 Radio or our resources is intended as medical advice. Always consult a physician before making changes to your insulin doses, diet or general wellness.