Inspired Health LLC

8 weeks of loving our spunky Gracie girl 💕

She’s gained almost 20lbs, lost 8 teeth and dealt with her ear posting for a solid month. Her favorite things are going for runs, laying in the sun and being outside. She also hasn’t found a lap she doesn’t want to sit it! She’s fitting into the family perfectly, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was a little ready for the puppy stage to be over (at least the teething part 😂).

The human body is incredibly smart and the number of back up and support systems we have is truly awe inspiring.

When thinking about our blood sugar, we need to start looking at the support systems if we want to actually prevent chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes.

When we do things that consistently raise our blood sugar (consume unhealthy foods, fail to get adequate sleep, constant exposure to blue light, extended periods of chronic stress, etc) our body fights hard to lower that blood sugar. It does this by increasing our insulin to transport the sugar out of our blood and into our cells. Do this for too long and your cells become resistant to that insulin. To compensate, the body will try to pump out even more insulin to try and force the glucose into the cells.

This can happen for YEARS! During this same time, your blood sugar levels may actually appear completely normal. The blood sugar battle is being won, but the insulin battle is being lost. Eventually though, your body won’t be able to keep up and blood sugar levels will slowly rise. However, because your A1C is an AVERAGE of your blood sugar levels over about 3 months, your A1C may still remain “normal” even with elevated fasting insulin AND fasting glucose levels.

As you can see, when your A1C is finally elevated, you’ve likely had a blood sugar stability issue for a very long time.

Instead of waiting for a full blown diabetes diagnosis, be proactive and have your doctor check your fasting insulin. If it’s higher than 5, you need to start making some diet and lifestyle changes. Don’t let years of damage occur as you wait for your A1C to rise.

If I can encourage you to listen to 1 podcast this year for your health and the health of your loved ones, please let it be this one. They do an excellent job explaining why we are in the health crisis we are in as a country (and it’s not the one the news is talking about) and why we MUST change it for our children.

Our children’s generation is set to be the most metabolically unhealthy generation in history and the large majority of these issues could be 100% prevented with diet and lifestyle changes.

If you love the podcast, check out their book Good Energy, it’s amazing too!