Smart Glucose Management for Active Midlife Women with Liz McKinney, CNS, LDN (Episode 249)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Grazing. Chronic stress. Poor sleep. Rushed meals. Sitting for long hours. Underfueled workouts. Estrogen decline. There’s a lot more behind our fasting glucose and A1C than how many carbs we eat. This week we return to one of the most consistently requested topics: blood sugar meaning and management with Liz McKinney, CNS, LDN. We explore what glucose spikes really mean, why time-in-range and variability matter more than a single peak, and how stress, sleep, and even eating speed affect your numbers. We cover carb timing, meal sequencing, post-meal walks, creatine, why under-fueling can make exercise spikes worse, and much more so you can keep glucose working for your performance and overall health.

Liz McKinney, CNS, LDN, heads up the clinical nutrition team at Nutrisense. Liz holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition and Integrative Health and is a board-certified nutrition specialist (CNS) as well as a licensed dietitian nutritionist (LDN). In her time as a nutritionist, Liz has educated and counseled hundreds of clients in areas such as weight loss, hormonal imbalances, and gastrointestinal diseases. Her approach is rooted in the tenets of functional medicine, and she strives to identify the root cause of the issue instead of simply treating the symptoms. She realizes there is no one-size-fits-all approach to achieving optimal health and feels it is crucial to be in an equal partnership with her clients.

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0:00.0	We know you're already thinking about those 2026 goals. Maybe it's pinning on a race number,
0:05.6	hanging strong on that fast group ride, or finally tacking an epic cycling adventure. Whatever your
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0:28.2	kicks off December 1st and runs through March 31st. You'll get structured rides, weekly strength
0:33.9	sessions, and expert-led education that explains the why behind your training.
0:38.3	You'll learn how your body adapts, how to fuel it well, and how to make training fit your life not the other way around.
0:44.3	You'll also be part of a supportive community that just gets it, a place where you can ask questions, share wins,
0:50.3	and laugh through the tough workouts together.
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1:32.5	I am your host, Celine Yeager.
1:34.5	Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
1:42.9	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
1:48.7	Hello, strong feisty women. I hope you all are well. So there are a few topics that come up on a
1:54.6	regular basis in our community. And among the top of those topics is blood sugar. Women tell me all the time that they have been
2:03.5	sailing through their lives, not thinking much about their blood sugar until they hit the menopause
2:07.9	transition, and suddenly a doctor tells them they have prediabetes. And I did a whole show on that
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