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today's episode. This is our limited series Ask an R-D inside the Dr. Shannon show, where we ask

registered dietitians, some of your most pressing nutritional questions. I'm Dr. Shannon.

Welcome to the show. Hi, everyone. Welcome back to this week's Ask N.R.D. Today, I have Ali Chilcote

with me. She is a functional medicine registered dietitian. We just recorded another episode

about bloating. So y'all will have to go back and listen to that one.

She is the owner of Restored by Allie. And she addresses digestive symptoms, hormonal imbalances,

skin issues, fatigue, thyroid imbalances by taking a root cause approach. And today, we are talking

about blood sugar. And this is a topic that I sometimes talk about in relation

to exercise. And it's getting a lot of attention online. So I want to talk about, I want to hear

from you about really how it affects us, what we can do about it, why we should care. So tell us

what is blood sugar.

Let's start from the very beginning.

What is blood sugar and why should we care about it?

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