192: Coaching, Connection, and Sustainable Health with Kara Collier from Nutrisense
The Fitnessista Podcast: Healthy In Real Life
Gina Harney
4.9 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Hi friends! I have a brand new episode live, and today I'm diving into a powerful conversation with Kara from NutriSense all about metabolic health, continuous glucose monitoring, and the role of human connection in building sustainable lifestyle changes. I'm SO excited for you to listen to it!!
Here's what we chat about:
- Why metabolic health is the foundation for your energy, focus, and long-term wellness
- The most common dietary mistakes that spike blood sugar (and how to avoid them)
- How continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) can give you real-time insights into your body
- The importance of stress management and its impact on blood sugar regulation
- Why AI can support—but never replace—the empathy of human coaching
- Practical strategies for creating small, sustainable healthy habits that actually stick
This episode is packed with insight and encouragement to help you take control of your metabolic health and feel your best every day.
Kara Collier is the co-founder and VP of Health at Nutrisense, one of the fastest-growing health tech startups in the U.S. She's reshaping how we approach prevention, behavior change, and metabolic health.
A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, Kara has helped over 150,000 people improve their health by combining real-time data, like continuous glucose monitoring, with personalized coaching and practical lifestyle strategies. She's a passionate advocate for how technology and human support can drive sustainable health change.
Kara is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and has been recognized with HLTH's "Food as Medicine" award. Her work has been featured by Forbes, UC Berkeley, and Medcitynews and she is a frequent speaker at health conferences and podcasts.
When she's not talking about health and data, Kara is usually exploring the mountains, playing volleyball, or lifting heavy things.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Healthy and Real Life podcast episode number 192. Hey everyone. Welcome back to the show. This is Gina, creator of the fitnessista blog and brand. I'm so excited that you're here today. Thank you so much for tuning in. Before we head into today's episode, I have a favor to ask you if you wouldn't mind just pressing pause and leaving that five-star review wherever you're listening today, it would mean the world to me. |
| 0:22.7 | It really helps with the visibility of the podcast. |
| 0:25.4 | Helps me to continue the amazing guests that you hear each week. |
| 0:28.9 | And I genuinely appreciate your help so much. |
| 0:32.7 | So please leave that five-star review if you enjoy the show. |
| 0:36.0 | And then head to fitnessista.com slash podcast review. |
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| 0:47.3 | So it's super fun mix of classic bar exercises with cardio blasts. |
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| 0:53.2 | All right. |
| 0:53.6 | So before we head into today's episode, |
| 0:55.1 | I wanted to tell you about the Integrative Health Practitioner Institute. This has completely |
| 0:59.9 | changed my life. And I'm not exaggerating. It has been such a game changer for myself, for my |
| 1:06.0 | family, my clients, and also my business. I am so passionate about this. I'm a level two, |
| 1:13.1 | integrative health practitioner currently working on my level three certification. Dr. Stephen |
| 1:18.5 | Cabral leads the modules. He is incredible. He is the real deal. And he helps you go through |
| 1:24.3 | his de-stress protocol. So that's all in level one, how to help with the foundation. |
| 1:29.3 | So diet, exercise, stress reduction, toxin removal, rest, emotional balance, success |
| 1:36.3 | mindset, and supplementation. |
| 1:38.4 | So all of the foundations are covered in level one. |
| 1:40.8 | And then in level two is when you learn how to run, analyze, and suggest |
| 1:46.5 | recommending protocols for functional medicine labs. So this was such a huge game changer for me. |
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