25. Blood Sugar, Diabetes, and the Metabolism | Isaac Pohlman, Registered Dietitian and Fellow T1D
The Freely Rooted Podcast
Kori Meloy and Fallon Lee
5 • 985 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In case you are thinking that an episode about blood sugar doesn’t apply to you because you don’t have diabetes, think again! Isaac Pohlman, a dietitian and type one diabetic himself, brings such clarity and simplicity to what can feel like a complex subject. In this conversation, Isaac breaks down some of the most common questions surrounding blood sugar and makes a compelling case for why all of us should be concerned with balancing our blood sugar. Whether you are living with a diabetes diagnosis or not, we hope this discussion on blood sugar regulation from a metabolically supportive standpoint helps you take the next step in your healing journey.
Join us as we discuss the following:
- The health challenges Isaac experienced that led him to his path of healing and helping others do the same
- Why all of us should take interest in our blood sugar even if we don’t have a diabetes diagnosis
- How blood sugar spikes and drops cause stress on the body
- The case for why blood sugar is a core foundation of health
- A simple analogy for understanding what insulin resistance is and why it matters
- Five areas you can look for symptoms to assess whether your blood sugar needs some attention
- Conventional approaches to blood sugar regulation that may fail to take into account the health of the whole body
- What to consider if you have diabetes and you want to embrace a pro-metabolic way of eating
- The surprising factor that could be contributing to the prevalence of diabetes today
- The connection between what you eat and how your skin reacts to the sun
- Practical steps you can take if your fasting blood sugar is higher than you want it to be
- Who should begin tracking blood sugar numbers and how to do it
- Three practices you can begin implementing today to balance your blood sugar
- Gestational diabetes and the glucose tolerance test
- What it looks like for someone to start off with a lower carb introduction to pro-metabolic eating
Resources mentioned:
5 Steps to Lower Insulin Resistance (Free Report)
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Kori Meloy | Instagram | Freely Rooted Course
Fallon Lee | Instagram | Fallon’s Table
Free downloads:
Restore Your Metabolism: Free 5-Step Guide
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The information presented in this episode does not constitute medical advice. It is for educational and inspirational purposes only.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So when I talk about blood sugar regulation, I'm always talking about biofeedback. |
| 0:05.0 | You know, at an extreme, it can relate to diabetes, but it can certainly relate to everybody because |
| 0:10.0 | it's the way that we all drive energy. It's the way that we all can feel our best mentally and physically. |
| 0:17.0 | Hmm? Hmm? |
| 0:21.0 | Welcome to the freely rooted podcast where we are passionate about helping |
| 0:27.4 | women reclaim their metabolisms, restore their youthful vitality, |
| 0:31.0 | and rediscover God's original design for motherhood and wellness. |
| 0:35.6 | We are your host, Fallon and Corey, and we're so glad you're joining us for season four. |
| 0:39.6 | If you're new here, be sure to listen to our previous episodes where we talk through many of our |
| 0:43.0 | favorite foundational topics now grab your favorite nourishing drink and join us |
| 0:46.8 | as we continue discussing simple attainable and life-changing approaches to wellness. Isaac, welcome. Thank you so much for being here. I would love for you to start our |
| 1:06.7 | audience out with your own personal health story, how you found yourself in the line of |
| 1:11.9 | work that you're in now, yeah just give us give us the full story. |
| 1:16.5 | Yeah, yeah, thank you, Corey and Fallon for the invite. |
| 1:19.4 | You really appreciate it. It's great to spend time for a few hours here with you guys and yeah how it came to be for myself. |
| 1:27.0 | I grew up in a very rural area in northern Michigan, Upper Peninsula to be exact. |
| 1:32.6 | And at that time, during high school |
| 1:35.8 | was when I started to experience a lot of different health issues. |
| 1:39.2 | And at that time in particular, |
| 1:41.2 | I was very much into activity in sports and I remember at that time especially I was experiencing a lot of stress because you know that was my like sophomore year of high school there's a lot of pressure to you |
| 1:55.6 | know get good grades and you know good a c. T scores for college and I was getting |
| 2:00.4 | noticed for college soccer as well. |
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