Could 1 Spoonful Of This Support Healthy Blood Sugar? - Dr. G's Quick Health Tip | EP 308.B

The Dr. Gundry Podcast

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Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Talk Radio

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Change your health with just ONE teaspoon of THIS every day! Can you truly improve your health each day with just one teaspoon? Well, I say you can! But before I reveal how you can do this I explain what blood sugar really is. And no, it’s not just a term for diabetics it’s something you all should be informed on! A healthy blood sugar is key to living a long, healthy life and I will share how you can do just that in this special episode - you won’t want to miss this one.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast, where Dr Stephen Gundry shares his groundbreaking research
0:05.8	from over 25 years of treating patients with diet and lifestyle changes alone.
0:11.0	Dr. Gundry and other wellness experts offer inspiring stories, the latest scientific
0:16.1	advancements, and practical tips to empower you to take control of your health and live a long
0:21.5	happy life. All right, what is blood sugar really?
0:27.0	Now, it's not just a term for diabetics,
0:29.0	although we hear it on TV all the time.
0:32.0	Blood sugar is what's measured when you get a fasting glucose in your
0:38.5	doctor's office or now with the continuous glucose monitors that are becoming all the rage.
0:45.0	Glucose really are energy currency.
0:48.0	That's what we use to make ATP for the most part.
0:52.0	Glucose is really important to keep within a very fine range.
0:56.7	Why?
0:57.7	Because elevated glucose actually is very damaging to the inner lining of our blood vessels and that lining has got a
1:07.0	fascinating name called the glyco calyx. Glyco means sugar.
1:13.2	And these are a very fine web of sugar molecules
1:19.2	that protect the lining of our blood vessels. They protect the lining of our blood vessels, they protect the lining of our blood-brain barrier,
1:26.2	they actually protect the eye surface, and studies have shown that if blood sugar, blood glucose, goes a little bit high for a little period of time that that glyco-calix becomes damage.
1:41.6	And that's becoming increasingly clear why blood sugar spikes are probably
1:49.1	really bad for heart health, for brain health, because of the damage to the glycocholics.
1:57.0	All right, so what are some great tricks to support healthy blood sugar levels.
2:05.0	My number one trick is a relatively new sweetener
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