Your Blood Sugar Impacts More Than You Think

Drinking coffee on an empty stomach, eating “naked carbs” and taking alpha-lipoic acid are just some questions you may have when thinking about your blood sugar. Whether it’s balanced or not, it can influence your energy, mood and appetite. Addressing it now is key to lowering your risk for prediabetes, a condition that affects 98 million American adults.

Guest:

Erin Scholten, MD, endocrinologist with the Diabetes and Metabolism Center at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), discusses how your blood sugar impacts your health with Amanda Newman with LVHN.

Chapters:

· 0:01 - Intro

· 0:58 - Blood sugar and insulin

· 1:28 - Signs of insulin resistance

· 3:16 - How to reverse insulin resistance

· 5:50 - Coffee-before-breakfast debate

· 7:55 - Mushroom coffee

· 9:26 - What else can raise your blood sugar

· 11:37 - Blood sugar spikes

· 13:02 - How to prevent blood sugar spikes

· 15:32 - Signs of an underlying condition

· 16:45 - Hot flashes after a meal

· 18:38 - The power of a walk after eating

· 19:30 - How estrogen affects blood sugar

· 22:11 - Wearing a continuous glucose monitor

· 25:22 - How often should you get your blood sugar tested

· 27:18 - How to reverse prediabetes

· 30:59 - Eating well for balanced blood sugar

· 35:28 - “Naked” carbs

· 36:27 - Healthy carbs

· 38:53 - Okra water trend

· 40:29 - Alpha-lipoic acid supplement

· 42:09 - The blood sugar diet plan

· 44:18 - Eating according to the glycemic index

· 45:39 - Oat milk and blood sugar concerns

· 47:21 - What sugar-free really means

· 48:22 - Tips to prevent prediabetes

To learn more health tips, visit LVHN.org/healthyyou. Remember to subscribe or follow The Healthiest You, wherever you get your podcasts, so you never miss an episode. And remember: Be safe, be smart and be the healthiest you.