88: Get off the sugar rollercoaster
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Many of us are stuck on a blood sugar rollercoaster and we don't even know it. We find ourselves reaching for a muffin at 10 a.m. and can't make it through the day without a mid-afternoon cup of coffee or energy drink. It's so common, we've come to regard it as normal.
Today, an expert in nutritional science and kinesiology, Lindsea Willon, joins us to explain how we can make different choices to avoid blood sugar spikes and dips. She offers practical tips like reminding us not to take sugar into our bodies "unopposed"--meaning vegetables and fruits should be eaten with some kind of fat to slow down their absorption into our blood stream.
By eating differently, we can avoid short-term issues, like headaches, sleeplessness, PMS, and getting "hangry." Proper nutrition can also help us avoid more serious health concerns like diabetes, PCOS, joint pain, and injuries.
Lindsea understands, both intellectually and from life experience, the importance of a healthy diet. An athlete in college, her poor diet led to injury and fatigue. Now, she fuels herself with nutrient-dense foods and encourages others to do the same. Her goal is for everyone to experience the energy and vitality that is their birthright. This episode will certainly give you the tools needed to get on the right track and to get off the blood sugar rollercoaster for good!
To find out more about Lindsea's practice, visit biodynamicwellness.com.
For the show notes for this episode, go to westonaprice.org.
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| 0:00.0 | We think that the symptoms we're experiencing are normal because everyone gets tired at 2 p.m. |
| 0:07.8 | Everyone gets hangary before they're going to eat. |
| 0:10.4 | Right? Hengry is a funny term. |
| 0:12.8 | Now, it's so normalized because everyone deals with it. |
| 0:16.8 | But this is a symptom of dysfunction. |
| 0:19.2 | We need to start viewing these symptoms as a sign of dysfunction, and then we can start making a change. Welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast sponsored by the Westinay Price Foundation for |
| 0:37.3 | Wise Traditions and Food Farming and the Healing Arts. We are your source for |
| 0:41.9 | scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm your host Hilda Labrada Gore. This is episode 88 and my guest is |
| 0:55.4 | Lindsay Willen. Lindsay studied nutritional sciences at the University of California |
| 1:00.3 | Berkeley. She graduated and then she got her master's in |
| 1:03.5 | kinesiology in addition to her certification as a nutritional therapy |
| 1:07.3 | practitioner. She's now on the staff of the Biodynamic Wellness |
| 1:11.2 | group in San Diego. |
| 1:13.4 | As you can guess, Lindsay understands the importance of a nutritionally complete diet, and in this episode she helps |
| 1:19.7 | us wrap our brains around what that means. |
| 1:22.3 | Her own experience in college as an athlete helped her put two and two together. |
| 1:26.4 | She says we don't need to get angry or suffer sleeplessness or PMS. |
| 1:30.4 | We can do away with all those things and she gives us insight into how our bodies should be fueled to stay strong and avoid the sugar roller coaster that we often end up on. |
| 1:39.0 | We recorded this episode live in California right before we recorded the live show at the |
| 1:44.4 | Topanga table. You're going to love it. Before we get into the conversation, we want to thank |
| 1:49.1 | our sponsors, Low-Carb USA. Turning Consensus on its head. |
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