May 13, 2025 • 31 mins
In this episode, Dr. Alfred Alessi and Matt Tack introduce Health Decoded and the Alessi Total Care Program before diving into the critical topic of blood sugar. They discuss the symptoms, effects, and often hidden signs of blood sugar imbalances. The episode highlights early warning signs and essential tests for detecting blood sugar issues. Listeners are provided with comprehensive tips to stabilize blood sugar, emphasizing the importance of sleep, stress management, and strength training as pillars of control. The role of supplements in managing blood sugar is also explored. The episode wraps up with final thoughts on maintaining healthy habits, listener engagement, and additional resources, concluding with contact information and outro.
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You go to your regular doctor and you say, Hey,I'm tired.
I've got brain fog.
I'm gaining weight and I feel off.
They're going to run a standard blood test andlook at fasting glucose.
That's all they do.
And if it comes back under a hundred, they'llsay, You're fine.
Right.
See you.
See you next time.
Right?
But here's the truth.
That's just a snapshot.
It'd be like judging your entire week based ona single second of your Monday morning.
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Right?
And in functional medicine, we need morecontext.
I want the full picture, not just a singleframe.
Welcome to Health Decode, your number onesource for real health information with your
host, doctor Alessi and Matt Tack.
Hey, Health Decoded listeners.
Doctor Alessi here.
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Let me ask you a serious question.
Are you tired of waiting until something goeswrong to finally see a doctor?
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Welcome back to another episode of healthdecoded.
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I am your host doctor Alessi.
And your cohost, Matt Tack.
Man, nice.
Coming in with the radio voice.
I like it.
Yeah.
I'm trying to change things up a little bit.
Well, you look good, man.
You got the muscles on today.
Yes.
Tons of all guns out.
Tons all guns out, baby.
I'm excited.
This is a really awesome topic we picked today.
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And we kinda do these just so listeners know.
We pick these in order of what we wanna talkabout because they kinda build on each other
and all these things that we are, you know,digging into these different topics and
educational pieces are related, right?
And so, it's like each week you get a littlepiece of the body and how it works and what you
can do, and then we add to it, right?
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And so, ultimately, we want you to be empoweredwith the knowledge to be able to take control
of your health and then ultimately make theright decisions for longevity and for
optimization.
So, today we're gonna get into a really funtopic, blood sugar.
And then why it's really it's not just adiabetes issue, but it impacts everything.
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So, blood sugar imbalances affect far more thanjust diabetics.
Think about fatigue, anxiety, weight gain,brain fog, and even hormone issues.
So, in this episode, we're gonna break down howblood sugar works, why it's out of control for
so many people, and then what to do about it.
We always like those actionable steps that youcan take home.
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So, let's just start simple because if youdon't understand what blood sugar is, none of
the rest will make sense.
So, blood sugar or blood glucose is the amountof sugar circulating in your bloodstream.
Pretty simple.
It's your body's main energy source and youneed it to function.
But here's the key, you need it in balance.
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Too much or too little and things will start tofall apart.
Now, every time you eat, especiallycarbohydrates like bread, pasta, fruit or
sweets, your blood sugar rises, right?
Makes sense.
You're ingesting blood sugar or you'reingesting sugar, it's getting into your blood.
That's normal.
So, your body expects that.
And so, in response, your pancreas releases ahormone called insulin whose job is to act like
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a key, unlocking special receptors on yourcells so that glucose can move from the blood
into the cell to be used for energy.
Now, here's where the problem begins for mostpeople.
We don't eat like our ancestors did.
We don't eat balanced three balanced meals aday, we graze constantly.
Morning starts with a sugary coffee or toast.
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Mid morning, there's a snack, then there'slunch.
Maybe it's like a sandwich and some chips.
An afternoon crash, so you get some more coffeeloaded with sugar, and then dinner, followed by
probably some dessert and maybe a glass ofwine.
This is very common for a lot of people.
So what that is, is that's a nonstop parade ofblood sugar spikes and every spike requires
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insulin.
So the more often this happens, the more yourcells get tired of responding to insulin and
they start to ignore it.
That's what we call insulin resistance.
And that is the beginning of a metabolic storm.
So, here's the kicker, you don't need to havediabetes for this to be a problem.
You could be 20, 30, 40 years old with normallabs, but still riding a blood sugar roller
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coaster all day long.
And what does it feel like when you're on this?
Basically, like you could wake up tired, youget a quick burst of energy maybe after eating,
but then you crash pretty quickly.
You crave carbs all the time, you cravecaffeine or sugar for a pick me up, you feel
foggy in the afternoon, you have mood swings,very common.
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Maybe you feel wired but then tired at night.
Maybe you're gaining weight especially aroundthe midsection and you can't figure out why.
All of that is related to what we call theblood sugar chaos.
And honestly, the scary part, Matt, is hownormalized this has become.
So, here's a quick quote from the Journal ofAlternative Medicine Neurology in 2018.
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Even mild elevations in blood sugar areassociated with an increased risk of cognitive
decline and cardiovascular disease.
So, it's not just about avoiding diabetes.
Blood sugar impacts your brain, it impacts yourheart, and it impacts your hormones and
inflammation.
So, even your ability to recover from stress orinfection can be affected.
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So, you're dealing with like chronicconditions, fatigue, anxiety, brain fog,
stubborn weight gain, even autoimmune issues,blood sugar imbalance is probably a large
player in that game.
So, the bottom line is if you're riding thisroller coaster of up and down spikes of blood
sugar every day, your body is beginning to burnout to that.
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The good news is what we're gonna talk abouttoday is how you can take back control of this.
And that's exactly what Matt's gonna kinda getinto here in the next in the next piece.
And as always, we say, right, your health is inyour hands.
So this is the empowerment and the educationcomponent, that we build on.
But, you know, what are the hidden symptoms ofblood sugar dysfunction?
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But before we discuss how to combat thisproblem, let's dive into the symptoms.
So because blood sugar dysfunction doesn'talways wave a big red flag like diabetes, more
often than not, it whispers and it creeps inreally, really slowly.
And most people don't even connect the dots.
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So now here's the question you need to askyourself.
How do you know if your blood sugar is aproblem?
Even if your doctor says your labs look, quoteunquote, fine.
Right?
Start with how you feel day to day.
Right?
Do we take a measurement day to day on how youfeel?
Do you wake up groggy?
Me even after seven to eight hours of sleep.
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Right?
Do you feel hangry between meals where you needto grab that bag of chips?
Like, you're just going to crash if you don'teat something absolutely immediately.
So these are the things you need to think aboutand process through on a day to day basis.
Do you rely on caffeine or sugar just tofunction in the morning or push through that
afternoon slump?
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Right?
These are habits that people built, but we needto be cognitively aware of them.
That's the blood sugar roller coaster.
It's subtle.
It's quiet, but it's exhausting, absolutelyexhausting your system.
Let me give you a few more red flags.
Cravings, especially for carbs, sugar, or junkfood.
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Do you ever have that?
Energy crashes after meals or even themidafternoon.
Do you have brain fog where there's just poorconcentration or you feel like you're in this
absolute mental haze where you only can see atunnel?
Do you have mood swings, irritability, oranxiety throughout the day that just, like,
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appear to come out of nowhere?
Maybe in the middle of a conversation.
Right?
Waking up in the middle of the night,especially between two to 4AM when you're
hitting REM.
Weight gain around the midsection.
This is one of the biggest things that we seein America today, right?
That stubborn kind that just doesn't budge witheither diet or exercise.
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So let's dig into this a little bit more.
Here's why it gets interesting.
Most of these use issues are often written offas quote unquote normal.
Right?
Or chalked up as, hey, I'm aging.
It's stress, or I'm just too busy.
But in reality, they're metabolic warningsigns.
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And what's really happening behind the scenesis your body is constantly trying to get your
blood blood sugar back to balance.
You just need to get it back to neutral.
So neurologically, you are just trying to getback to neutral.
But because your inputs like your diet, sleep,stress, and movement are off, it's losing that
battle.
You're constantly engaging with yourself.
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Right?
There's an internal competition that your bodyis requiring on a subconscious level.
Right?
So you might have insulin resistance.
You you might not have insulin resistance yet,but your system is working overtime to keep
stable, and eventually, it won't be able tokeep up.
And I've seen this play out hundreds ofthousands of times with patients, right?
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They come in saying, I'm just tired all thetime or I feel anxious or for no reason, my
weight is stuck.
I can't burn off that excess body fat.
And their labs might be normal, butfunctionally, their blood sugar is anything
but.
So now, let me drop a drop a quick stat onthat.
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And here's a quote from the Journal of ClinicalInvestigation in 2019.
Insulin resistance can exist for up to tenyears before blood sugar markers show up as
normal on a standard lab test.
Have you ever seen the guys that get away withit in their forties, fifties, but then in their
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sixties, they're prediabetic and getting inthis diabetic dysfunction?
This is what we're talking about, And we alwayswant to blame it on the precursors.
Well, those are those are of age relatingprocess, but there's things you can do about
it.
So ten years is a long time, right?
That means you could be on a path toprediabetes, as I said, or worse for an entire
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decade without even catching it.
That's why functional medicine digs deeper.
So that's what we're doing at Alessi FunctionalHealth.
We're not just waiting around for a diagnosis.
We're looking for the early signs ofdysfunction and how we can tackle them.
So this is what I want you to leave with here.
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If you have chronic fatigue, stubborn weight,or mental fog, cravings, anxiety, and poor
sleep, trust me, you're not crazy.
You're not the only one in the boat.
You're probably just stuck in a pattern ofblood sugar dysregulation.
But here's the good news.
It's fixable.
Everything's fixable.
You just need to know what to look for.
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Alright.
Welcome back.
Now that that's great.
That's you know, I love that we talk about,like, what people can expect and kind of what
signs to look for because it's all about thoseearly warning signs, Being fatigued, being
tired after seven, eight hours of sleep is notnormal, just so people know.
So those early warning signs are basically yourbody telling you something.
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Your body talks to us through things.
And it's I was like the example of the checkengine light, right?
Check engine light comes on in the car, doesn'ttell you what's wrong, but it says that
something's off.
So then that's when you have to rundiagnostics.
So now that's what we'll talk about is how-
how Even about that too.
It did.
Not not to cut you off real quick, but likeeven about that too, let's let's look at and
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evaluate that scenario because that's the kindof the storyline.
Right?
Is that when people get in their car, ifthere's something wrong with their car, they
immediately go get that car fixed.
Right?
They can't get the point a, point a b.
Right?
But then when there's a physical ailment, it'slike, man, this that that doesn't feel right.
Right?
Yeah.
And how you're treating your body, it's like,then I'm gonna push through this for five, ten
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years.
Is that something you wanna push through forfive or ten years?
Because eventually, it will have a stoppingpoint.
So that's such a good analogy in terms of adescription of the immediacy of how important
your body is.
I think you you raise a valid point there that,hey, you can get a new car.
If your car broke,
you can get a new one.
You can't get a whole new body.
Right?
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You get one.
So you better take care of it and take someownership.
It it is interesting to me how quickly peoplewill like invest in their vehicle and you know,
be quick to respond to any kind of problemswith it, but delay their own kind of physical
ailments for years until it, you know,obviously gets to be too bad.
But let's do this, let's get into why or how toknow if the blood sugar's out of whack and kind
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of tests that we can use.
These are some things that we use in the clinicas well, functional testing.
So, now that we've talked about, okay, whatblood sugar issues feel like, let's get into
how you actually test for them because this iswhere most people are going to go wrong.
If you go to your regular doctor and you say,Hey, I'm tired, I've got brain fog, I'm gaining
weight and I feel off.
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They're going to run a standard blood test andlook at fasting glucose.
That's all they do.
And if it comes back under a hundred, they'llsay, You're fine.
Right.
See you.
See you next time.
Right?
But here's the truth.
That's just a snapshot.
It'd be like judging your entire week based ona single second of your Monday morning, right?
And in functional medicine, we need morecontext.
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I want the full picture, not just a singleframe.
So, let's break down the core tests that Irecommend for evaluating blood sugar function
and what we use in our clinic as well.
So number one is fasting glucose.
Yes, we are still going to look at this, butoptimal range is somewhere around 75 to 85.
So if you're creeping up towards that 95 orhigher, we're seeing that there are signs of
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dysregulation, right?
You're still in that normal range, but you'reon the higher end.
That's what we call functional, right?
We're looking at that.
The next one we're gonna run always in tandemwith this is a hemoglobin A1C.
This shows a three month average of bloodsugar.
This is the standard medical cutoff, right?
The standard medical cutoff is 5.7 for prediabetes, but I like to keep patients between
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4.8 to the lower fives, 5.4 for optimalmetabolic health.
And there should be some fluctuation there.
The next one we look at is fasting insulin.
This is huge and most doctors do not run this.
Your insulin tells you how hard your body isworking to keep the blood sugar stable, right?
Go back to segment one, we talked about whatinsulin does.
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So, you might have a normal glucose and normalA1C, but if insulin is elevated, anything above
eight, that means your body is pumping out moreinsulin than it should to keep things in check.
That is the early stage of insulin resistance.
That if I see an elevated insulin but normalsugar, I say, Okay, we have a problem arising,
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right?
Something's bound to happen eventually whenyour body taps out.
So there was a study out of the journalDiabetes Care in 2016 said that elevated
fasting insulin levels, even with normalglucose are predictive of future metabolic
syndrome.
Basically what I just said.
So, another test we run and this one, I can'tsay I run it a lot or all the time because I
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can gather what I need from the other three,but an HOMA IR test, which basically stands for
homeostatic model assessment of insulinresistance.
This would be say if I didn't gather enoughinformation or it was more complicated, this
method is used to assess insulin resistance andit's basically a calculated score using your
fasting glucose and insulin and gives you kindof a sense of how insulin resistant you are.
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So, the ideal range is under 1.5 and this testhelps determine if your body is having trouble
utilizing glucose for energy.
So, you know, beyond what we do, obviously withthe blood testing and checking symptoms and
things like that, there's things that peoplecan do on their own as well.
And I always like to use this piece becauseit's empowering for them to say, hey, like you
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don't need to do the blood testing if you canmaintain, right?
Or say for example, we've gone through aprotocol and we've helped someone to lower and
balance their insulin, which we do all thetime.
We get people to go from diabetic to nondiabetic, it's awesome.
But now you need to maintain that, right?
And you need to stay ahead of it.
So, using things like continuous glucosemonitors.
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These are wearable devices that you can stickon your body and they have a little
microfilament that goes into the capillarysystem in the skin.
And they track your glucose in real time 20fourseven.
The technology is awesome because it taps rightinto an app, you can open your app and it shows
you what your glucose is in that moment.
You go eat and you will see that that number goup, right?
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You'll see the blood sugar rise.
You go work out or you go for a walk, you'llsee it come back down.
And so they show how your body is going torespond to different foods, stress, sleep,
workouts, and you can really get a cadence ofwhat your body's doing on a regular basis.
And this is really a game changer becausepeople will say, Oh, I thought oatmeal was
healthy, right?
Everyone thought like oats are like thebreakfast thing that's got the whatever for
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some reason they think it's healthy.
But their CGM is going to show a massive bloodsugar spike or they'll see how maybe a poor
night's sleep made their fasting glucose jumpthe next morning.
And so when you can see that data in real time,you can start to make better decisions and more
informed choices for how you're living yourlife.
So let's be clear on this and everything we'rediscussing, you don't have to wait until your
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labs are bad enough to make a change, right?
We always talk about prevention and earlyintervention.
And that's really the whole point of functionalmedicine.
We look for patterns of dysfunction, not just adiagnosis.
We look for early signs of decline or inclinein markers that are still within normal limits,
but maybe bordering on critical.
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And that's how we get ahead of things.
Why wait to have a diagnosis or have acondition if you can prevent it in the first
place?
And so if you want to get ahead of diabetes,cognitive decline, hormone imbalance,
cardiovascular disease, it all starts withknowing your blood sugar story.
And more importantly, interpreting that storythrough the right lens.
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It's not, is it within normal range, right?
That's not enough.
Is this optimal for where I want my health tobe?
Is the question you should be asking.
So now let's do this.
Let's get into some actionable things that youcan do that are practical that actually work.
And these are the exact strategies that we usewith patients to fix blood sugar and get off
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that roller coaster once and for all.
For sure.
Now, here are the actual actionable tipsbecause I think this is probably the most
important segment that we typically do.
It's like we yeah.
We learn and then we educate, we empower.
But how do we put in practice?
Right?
So here we go.
Now that you understand how blood sugar worksand how to test this dysfunction, even on a
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daily basis with the glucose monitoringsystems, let's talk about the nuts and bolts of
it all.
So fix your food first.
That's number one.
Nutrition is the fastest way to stabilize yourblood sugar levels.
And here's how we coach patients through this.
Start with protein and fat.
Every single meal should be focused on thosetwo elements.
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If you don't know, proteins is four caloriesper gram, fat is nine calories per gram.
You need to have an understanding of thatbecause it is calories in calories out.
So, we need to have an understanding of how wehave a proper balance and fats slow down the
absorption of glucose and tells your body it'ssafe and it's nourished.
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Fat also helps with satiety and blood sugarstability.
So, that's an important thing to know when youbalance your proteins along with your fats in
your meals.
So, here's an example of a typical breakfast,right?
So, instead of getting a bagel and an orangejuice for breakfast, which is basically rocket
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fuel for a blood sugar spike, right, go withlike eggs, which you typically get about six
grams per protein, some healthy fats being inan avocado, and maybe a side of greens.
So that means it's telling your body, hey,we're cool.
No panic needed here.
Right?
So you're not gonna get that massive spike.
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So limit naked carbs.
And what are naked carbs?
This is what I call carbs eaten alone, like abanana or crackers as a snack.
Right?
Those are typically unneeded, and not somethingyou need throughout the day.
It's probably a habit of you just grabbing andputting it your mouth, right, for the
satiability, but it's not going to last long.
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So if you're going eat carbs, pair them with aprotein or a fat and buffer that sugar spike.
So here's a little bonus tip for you too.
So try a ten minute walk after a heavy carbheavy meal.
So this literally can blunt your glucoseresponse and lower your blood sugar naturally
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just by moving.
How often have you eaten dinner and just satdown, right?
One thing that we do as a family is right afterdinner, we walk.
And so that's been a big thing because thatlowers that response, right?
So your metabolism needs space.
It doesn't need the snacking all day.
So if you're constantly eating, even thosehealthy snacks that you're like, oh, there's a
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little bit of protein in this bar, right?
It's also filled with carbohydrates.
And this is never letting your insulin levelscome down, giving your gut and your pancreas
that much needed rest throughout the day,right?
So here's your aim.
Aim for two to three solid meals a day.
If you're metabolically flexible, you don'tneed to graze like a squirrel, all day, every
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day.
Hey, I need to I need to grab this and grabthat, right?
So here's number three, and I think it'sprobably the most important, maybe slightly
under nutrition, but it impacts how you'regoing to eat throughout the day and what your
metabolic response is going to be.
And that's prioritizing sleep and stressmanagement.
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Alright?
So poor stress poor stress poor sleep increasesyour cortisol, which raises your fasting
glucose even if your diet is absolutelyperfect.
So stress has that same effect.
If you can if you can spike your blood sugarlevel like a candy bar, if you don't have
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proper stress and sleep management, right?
So patients that come into Alessi functionalhealth nail their diet and still struggle with
that blood sugar level.
And then they ask why.
And so then we clean up their sleep and taughtthem how to manage their stress.
And that's where their lifestyle completelychanged from a medicine component to a
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functional medicine component approaching eachday.
Right?
So if you're tracking your numbers and stillseeing that chaos, look at your nervous system.
It's telling you something.
It's constantly giving you feedback.
And number four is like we said, it's a lotlike moving after dinner, but move your body,
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and we are massive believers in that strengthtraining component.
So muscle is your best glucose disposal tool,hands down.
The more lean muscle you have, and we preachthis all the time, the more your sugar your
body can absorb without needing a ton ofinsulin all the time.
Alright?
So strengthening two to four times a week isone of the best long term strategies to reverse
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insulin resistance.
I'm going give you a little bit of tip.
Put your phone in your locker, right?
You want your heart rate to get up when you'redoing those activities.
So walking is way underrated.
Walking is a form of resistance, right?
So walking is a very good tool.
Just a brisk one after meals first thing in themorning, you get indirect sunlight exposure to
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prepare your body for sleep.
And then maybe between calls or even duringcalls can make a huge impact to lower that
effect.
So consider supplements if needed.
We are big on supplementation, and we had aprior podcast that we explained the depletion
in our nutrient source.
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So, this is where we highlight thesupplementation that we think could be crucial
for you in really fighting that insulinresponse.
So, these can be helpful adjuncts, but are notcomplete substitutes for whole lifestyle meals
throughout the day, specifically three a day.
So berberine, number one.
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What is berberine?
Berberine helps improve insulin sensitivity.
So think it like a natural form of metformin.
Berberine is a great tool.
Alpha lipic acid, right?
It's an antioxidant that supports glucoseuptake.
Another one that is on the craze right now ismagnesium.
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So many people are deficient in magnesium,which plays a crucial role in insulin
regulation.
So chromium is another one and that supportshealthy glucose metabolism.
So as always, work with someone who knows howto personalize your needs, such as Alessi
Functional Health, which can guide you throughthat process and guide you through all these
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processes of what functional medicine lookslike and how you can approach them and start
implementing in your day to day.
But at the end of the here's the truth.
Your blood sugar isn't just about whether ornot you have diabetes.
It's the foundation of how you feel, think, andage.
So when it's out of control, everything else isharder.
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Weight loss, energy, hormones, brain function,all the above.
And when you stabilize it, the whole systemcalms down and gives you a better cadence.
So you feel steady, sharp, and strong at theend of the day.
So we always go by this model.
This isn't about perfection.
It's about consistency.
So eating real food, moving your body, gettinggood sleep, and respecting your biology at the
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end of the day, it's better to be consistentlygood than occasionally perfect.
That's our motto.
And if you've got the tools, now, less time.
Let's go get it.
Love that, man.
That was awesome.
Those are some really good actionable tipspeople can do.
And we always say, start with one, right?
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It's like pick one, implement that for a week,make sure you dial that in as a habit and now
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The walking after meals is probably the easiestone people can turn around and do today.
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You go to your regular doctor and you say, Hey,I'm tired.
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I'm gaining weight and I feel off.
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That's all they do.
And if it comes back under a hundred, they'llsay, You're fine.
Right.
See you.
See you next time.
Right?
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That's just a snapshot.
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I am your host doctor Alessi.
And your cohost, Matt Tack.
Man, nice.
Coming in with the radio voice.
I like it.
Yeah.
I'm trying to change things up a little bit.
Well, you look good, man.
You got the muscles on today.
Yes.
Tons of all guns out.
Tons all guns out, baby.
I'm excited.
This is a really awesome topic we picked today.
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And we kinda do these just so listeners know.
We pick these in order of what we wanna talkabout because they kinda build on each other
and all these things that we are, you know,digging into these different topics and
educational pieces are related, right?
And so, it's like each week you get a littlepiece of the body and how it works and what you
can do, and then we add to it, right?
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And so, ultimately, we want you to be empoweredwith the knowledge to be able to take control
of your health and then ultimately make theright decisions for longevity and for
optimization.
So, today we're gonna get into a really funtopic, blood sugar.
And then why it's really it's not just adiabetes issue, but it impacts everything.
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So, blood sugar imbalances affect far more thanjust diabetics.
Think about fatigue, anxiety, weight gain,brain fog, and even hormone issues.
So, in this episode, we're gonna break down howblood sugar works, why it's out of control for
so many people, and then what to do about it.
We always like those actionable steps that youcan take home.
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So, let's just start simple because if youdon't understand what blood sugar is, none of
the rest will make sense.
So, blood sugar or blood glucose is the amountof sugar circulating in your bloodstream.
Pretty simple.
It's your body's main energy source and youneed it to function.
But here's the key, you need it in balance.
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Too much or too little and things will start tofall apart.
Now, every time you eat, especiallycarbohydrates like bread, pasta, fruit or
sweets, your blood sugar rises, right?
Makes sense.
You're ingesting blood sugar or you'reingesting sugar, it's getting into your blood.
That's normal.
So, your body expects that.
And so, in response, your pancreas releases ahormone called insulin whose job is to act like
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a key, unlocking special receptors on yourcells so that glucose can move from the blood
into the cell to be used for energy.
Now, here's where the problem begins for mostpeople.
We don't eat like our ancestors did.
We don't eat balanced three balanced meals aday, we graze constantly.
Morning starts with a sugary coffee or toast.
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Mid morning, there's a snack, then there'slunch.
Maybe it's like a sandwich and some chips.
An afternoon crash, so you get some more coffeeloaded with sugar, and then dinner, followed by
probably some dessert and maybe a glass ofwine.
This is very common for a lot of people.
So what that is, is that's a nonstop parade ofblood sugar spikes and every spike requires
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insulin.
So the more often this happens, the more yourcells get tired of responding to insulin and
they start to ignore it.
That's what we call insulin resistance.
And that is the beginning of a metabolic storm.
So, here's the kicker, you don't need to havediabetes for this to be a problem.
You could be 20, 30, 40 years old with normallabs, but still riding a blood sugar roller
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coaster all day long.
And what does it feel like when you're on this?
Basically, like you could wake up tired, youget a quick burst of energy maybe after eating,
but then you crash pretty quickly.
You crave carbs all the time, you cravecaffeine or sugar for a pick me up, you feel
foggy in the afternoon, you have mood swings,very common.
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Maybe you feel wired but then tired at night.
Maybe you're gaining weight especially aroundthe midsection and you can't figure out why.
All of that is related to what we call theblood sugar chaos.
And honestly, the scary part, Matt, is hownormalized this has become.
So, here's a quick quote from the Journal ofAlternative Medicine Neurology in 2018.
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Even mild elevations in blood sugar areassociated with an increased risk of cognitive
decline and cardiovascular disease.
So, it's not just about avoiding diabetes.
Blood sugar impacts your brain, it impacts yourheart, and it impacts your hormones and
inflammation.
So, even your ability to recover from stress orinfection can be affected.
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So, you're dealing with like chronicconditions, fatigue, anxiety, brain fog,
stubborn weight gain, even autoimmune issues,blood sugar imbalance is probably a large
player in that game.
So, the bottom line is if you're riding thisroller coaster of up and down spikes of blood
sugar every day, your body is beginning to burnout to that.
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The good news is what we're gonna talk abouttoday is how you can take back control of this.
And that's exactly what Matt's gonna kinda getinto here in the next in the next piece.
And as always, we say, right, your health is inyour hands.
So this is the empowerment and the educationcomponent, that we build on.
But, you know, what are the hidden symptoms ofblood sugar dysfunction?
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But before we discuss how to combat thisproblem, let's dive into the symptoms.
So because blood sugar dysfunction doesn'talways wave a big red flag like diabetes, more
often than not, it whispers and it creeps inreally, really slowly.
And most people don't even connect the dots.
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So now here's the question you need to askyourself.
How do you know if your blood sugar is aproblem?
Even if your doctor says your labs look, quoteunquote, fine.
Right?
Start with how you feel day to day.
Right?
Do we take a measurement day to day on how youfeel?
Do you wake up groggy?
Me even after seven to eight hours of sleep.
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Right?
Do you feel hangry between meals where you needto grab that bag of chips?
Like, you're just going to crash if you don'teat something absolutely immediately.
So these are the things you need to think aboutand process through on a day to day basis.
Do you rely on caffeine or sugar just tofunction in the morning or push through that
afternoon slump?
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Right?
These are habits that people built, but we needto be cognitively aware of them.
That's the blood sugar roller coaster.
It's subtle.
It's quiet, but it's exhausting, absolutelyexhausting your system.
Let me give you a few more red flags.
Cravings, especially for carbs, sugar, or junkfood.
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Do you ever have that?
Energy crashes after meals or even themidafternoon.
Do you have brain fog where there's just poorconcentration or you feel like you're in this
absolute mental haze where you only can see atunnel?
Do you have mood swings, irritability, oranxiety throughout the day that just, like,
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appear to come out of nowhere?
Maybe in the middle of a conversation.
Right?
Waking up in the middle of the night,especially between two to 4AM when you're
hitting REM.
Weight gain around the midsection.
This is one of the biggest things that we seein America today, right?
That stubborn kind that just doesn't budge witheither diet or exercise.
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So let's dig into this a little bit more.
Here's why it gets interesting.
Most of these use issues are often written offas quote unquote normal.
Right?
Or chalked up as, hey, I'm aging.
It's stress, or I'm just too busy.
But in reality, they're metabolic warningsigns.
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And what's really happening behind the scenesis your body is constantly trying to get your
blood blood sugar back to balance.
You just need to get it back to neutral.
So neurologically, you are just trying to getback to neutral.
But because your inputs like your diet, sleep,stress, and movement are off, it's losing that
battle.
You're constantly engaging with yourself.
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Right?
There's an internal competition that your bodyis requiring on a subconscious level.
Right?
So you might have insulin resistance.
You you might not have insulin resistance yet,but your system is working overtime to keep
stable, and eventually, it won't be able tokeep up.
And I've seen this play out hundreds ofthousands of times with patients, right?
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They come in saying, I'm just tired all thetime or I feel anxious or for no reason, my
weight is stuck.
I can't burn off that excess body fat.
And their labs might be normal, butfunctionally, their blood sugar is anything
but.
So now, let me drop a drop a quick stat onthat.
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And here's a quote from the Journal of ClinicalInvestigation in 2019.
Insulin resistance can exist for up to tenyears before blood sugar markers show up as
normal on a standard lab test.
Have you ever seen the guys that get away withit in their forties, fifties, but then in their
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sixties, they're prediabetic and getting inthis diabetic dysfunction?
This is what we're talking about, And we alwayswant to blame it on the precursors.
Well, those are those are of age relatingprocess, but there's things you can do about
it.
So ten years is a long time, right?
That means you could be on a path toprediabetes, as I said, or worse for an entire
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decade without even catching it.
That's why functional medicine digs deeper.
So that's what we're doing at Alessi FunctionalHealth.
We're not just waiting around for a diagnosis.
We're looking for the early signs ofdysfunction and how we can tackle them.
So this is what I want you to leave with here.
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If you have chronic fatigue, stubborn weight,or mental fog, cravings, anxiety, and poor
sleep, trust me, you're not crazy.
You're not the only one in the boat.
You're probably just stuck in a pattern ofblood sugar dysregulation.
But here's the good news.
It's fixable.
Everything's fixable.
You just need to know what to look for.
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Alright.
Welcome back.
Now that that's great.
That's you know, I love that we talk about,like, what people can expect and kind of what
signs to look for because it's all about thoseearly warning signs, Being fatigued, being
tired after seven, eight hours of sleep is notnormal, just so people know.
So those early warning signs are basically yourbody telling you something.
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Your body talks to us through things.
And it's I was like the example of the checkengine light, right?
Check engine light comes on in the car, doesn'ttell you what's wrong, but it says that
something's off.
So then that's when you have to rundiagnostics.
So now that's what we'll talk about is how-
how Even about that too.
It did.
Not not to cut you off real quick, but likeeven about that too, let's let's look at and
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evaluate that scenario because that's the kindof the storyline.
Right?
Is that when people get in their car, ifthere's something wrong with their car, they
immediately go get that car fixed.
Right?
They can't get the point a, point a b.
Right?
But then when there's a physical ailment, it'slike, man, this that that doesn't feel right.
Right?
Yeah.
And how you're treating your body, it's like,then I'm gonna push through this for five, ten
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years.
Is that something you wanna push through forfive or ten years?
Because eventually, it will have a stoppingpoint.
So that's such a good analogy in terms of adescription of the immediacy of how important
your body is.
I think you you raise a valid point there that,hey, you can get a new car.
If your car broke,
you can get a new one.
You can't get a whole new body.
Right?
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You get one.
So you better take care of it and take someownership.
It it is interesting to me how quickly peoplewill like invest in their vehicle and you know,
be quick to respond to any kind of problemswith it, but delay their own kind of physical
ailments for years until it, you know,obviously gets to be too bad.
But let's do this, let's get into why or how toknow if the blood sugar's out of whack and kind
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of tests that we can use.
These are some things that we use in the clinicas well, functional testing.
So, now that we've talked about, okay, whatblood sugar issues feel like, let's get into
how you actually test for them because this iswhere most people are going to go wrong.
If you go to your regular doctor and you say,Hey, I'm tired, I've got brain fog, I'm gaining
weight and I feel off.
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They're going to run a standard blood test andlook at fasting glucose.
That's all they do.
And if it comes back under a hundred, they'llsay, You're fine.
Right.
See you.
See you next time.
Right?
But here's the truth.
That's just a snapshot.
It'd be like judging your entire week based ona single second of your Monday morning, right?
And in functional medicine, we need morecontext.
(16:12):
I want the full picture, not just a singleframe.
So, let's break down the core tests that Irecommend for evaluating blood sugar function
and what we use in our clinic as well.
So number one is fasting glucose.
Yes, we are still going to look at this, butoptimal range is somewhere around 75 to 85.
So if you're creeping up towards that 95 orhigher, we're seeing that there are signs of
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dysregulation, right?
You're still in that normal range, but you'reon the higher end.
That's what we call functional, right?
We're looking at that.
The next one we're gonna run always in tandemwith this is a hemoglobin A1C.
This shows a three month average of bloodsugar.
This is the standard medical cutoff, right?
The standard medical cutoff is 5.7 for prediabetes, but I like to keep patients between
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4.8 to the lower fives, 5.4 for optimalmetabolic health.
And there should be some fluctuation there.
The next one we look at is fasting insulin.
This is huge and most doctors do not run this.
Your insulin tells you how hard your body isworking to keep the blood sugar stable, right?
Go back to segment one, we talked about whatinsulin does.
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So, you might have a normal glucose and normalA1C, but if insulin is elevated, anything above
eight, that means your body is pumping out moreinsulin than it should to keep things in check.
That is the early stage of insulin resistance.
That if I see an elevated insulin but normalsugar, I say, Okay, we have a problem arising,
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right?
Something's bound to happen eventually whenyour body taps out.
So there was a study out of the journalDiabetes Care in 2016 said that elevated
fasting insulin levels, even with normalglucose are predictive of future metabolic
syndrome.
Basically what I just said.
So, another test we run and this one, I can'tsay I run it a lot or all the time because I
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can gather what I need from the other three,but an HOMA IR test, which basically stands for
homeostatic model assessment of insulinresistance.
This would be say if I didn't gather enoughinformation or it was more complicated, this
method is used to assess insulin resistance andit's basically a calculated score using your
fasting glucose and insulin and gives you kindof a sense of how insulin resistant you are.
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So, the ideal range is under 1.5 and this testhelps determine if your body is having trouble
utilizing glucose for energy.
So, you know, beyond what we do, obviously withthe blood testing and checking symptoms and
things like that, there's things that peoplecan do on their own as well.
And I always like to use this piece becauseit's empowering for them to say, hey, like you
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don't need to do the blood testing if you canmaintain, right?
Or say for example, we've gone through aprotocol and we've helped someone to lower and
balance their insulin, which we do all thetime.
We get people to go from diabetic to nondiabetic, it's awesome.
But now you need to maintain that, right?
And you need to stay ahead of it.
So, using things like continuous glucosemonitors.
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These are wearable devices that you can stickon your body and they have a little
microfilament that goes into the capillarysystem in the skin.
And they track your glucose in real time 20fourseven.
The technology is awesome because it taps rightinto an app, you can open your app and it shows
you what your glucose is in that moment.
You go eat and you will see that that number goup, right?
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You'll see the blood sugar rise.
You go work out or you go for a walk, you'llsee it come back down.
And so they show how your body is going torespond to different foods, stress, sleep,
workouts, and you can really get a cadence ofwhat your body's doing on a regular basis.
And this is really a game changer becausepeople will say, Oh, I thought oatmeal was
healthy, right?
Everyone thought like oats are like thebreakfast thing that's got the whatever for
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some reason they think it's healthy.
But their CGM is going to show a massive bloodsugar spike or they'll see how maybe a poor
night's sleep made their fasting glucose jumpthe next morning.
And so when you can see that data in real time,you can start to make better decisions and more
informed choices for how you're living yourlife.
So let's be clear on this and everything we'rediscussing, you don't have to wait until your
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labs are bad enough to make a change, right?
We always talk about prevention and earlyintervention.
And that's really the whole point of functionalmedicine.
We look for patterns of dysfunction, not just adiagnosis.
We look for early signs of decline or inclinein markers that are still within normal limits,
but maybe bordering on critical.
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And that's how we get ahead of things.
Why wait to have a diagnosis or have acondition if you can prevent it in the first
place?
And so if you want to get ahead of diabetes,cognitive decline, hormone imbalance,
cardiovascular disease, it all starts withknowing your blood sugar story.
And more importantly, interpreting that storythrough the right lens.
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It's not, is it within normal range, right?
That's not enough.
Is this optimal for where I want my health tobe?
Is the question you should be asking.
So now let's do this.
Let's get into some actionable things that youcan do that are practical that actually work.
And these are the exact strategies that we usewith patients to fix blood sugar and get off
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that roller coaster once and for all.
For sure.
Now, here are the actual actionable tipsbecause I think this is probably the most
important segment that we typically do.
It's like we yeah.
We learn and then we educate, we empower.
But how do we put in practice?
Right?
So here we go.
Now that you understand how blood sugar worksand how to test this dysfunction, even on a
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daily basis with the glucose monitoringsystems, let's talk about the nuts and bolts of
it all.
So fix your food first.
That's number one.
Nutrition is the fastest way to stabilize yourblood sugar levels.
And here's how we coach patients through this.
Start with protein and fat.
Every single meal should be focused on thosetwo elements.
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If you don't know, proteins is four caloriesper gram, fat is nine calories per gram.
You need to have an understanding of thatbecause it is calories in calories out.
So, we need to have an understanding of how wehave a proper balance and fats slow down the
absorption of glucose and tells your body it'ssafe and it's nourished.
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Fat also helps with satiety and blood sugarstability.
So, that's an important thing to know when youbalance your proteins along with your fats in
your meals.
So, here's an example of a typical breakfast,right?
So, instead of getting a bagel and an orangejuice for breakfast, which is basically rocket
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fuel for a blood sugar spike, right, go withlike eggs, which you typically get about six
grams per protein, some healthy fats being inan avocado, and maybe a side of greens.
So that means it's telling your body, hey,we're cool.
No panic needed here.
Right?
So you're not gonna get that massive spike.
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So limit naked carbs.
And what are naked carbs?
This is what I call carbs eaten alone, like abanana or crackers as a snack.
Right?
Those are typically unneeded, and not somethingyou need throughout the day.
It's probably a habit of you just grabbing andputting it your mouth, right, for the
satiability, but it's not going to last long.
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So if you're going eat carbs, pair them with aprotein or a fat and buffer that sugar spike.
So here's a little bonus tip for you too.
So try a ten minute walk after a heavy carbheavy meal.
So this literally can blunt your glucoseresponse and lower your blood sugar naturally
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just by moving.
How often have you eaten dinner and just satdown, right?
One thing that we do as a family is right afterdinner, we walk.
And so that's been a big thing because thatlowers that response, right?
So your metabolism needs space.
It doesn't need the snacking all day.
So if you're constantly eating, even thosehealthy snacks that you're like, oh, there's a
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little bit of protein in this bar, right?
It's also filled with carbohydrates.
And this is never letting your insulin levelscome down, giving your gut and your pancreas
that much needed rest throughout the day,right?
So here's your aim.
Aim for two to three solid meals a day.
If you're metabolically flexible, you don'tneed to graze like a squirrel, all day, every
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day.
Hey, I need to I need to grab this and grabthat, right?
So here's number three, and I think it'sprobably the most important, maybe slightly
under nutrition, but it impacts how you'regoing to eat throughout the day and what your
metabolic response is going to be.
And that's prioritizing sleep and stressmanagement.
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Alright?
So poor stress poor stress poor sleep increasesyour cortisol, which raises your fasting
glucose even if your diet is absolutelyperfect.
So stress has that same effect.
If you can if you can spike your blood sugarlevel like a candy bar, if you don't have
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proper stress and sleep management, right?
So patients that come into Alessi functionalhealth nail their diet and still struggle with
that blood sugar level.
And then they ask why.
And so then we clean up their sleep and taughtthem how to manage their stress.
And that's where their lifestyle completelychanged from a medicine component to a
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functional medicine component approaching eachday.
Right?
So if you're tracking your numbers and stillseeing that chaos, look at your nervous system.
It's telling you something.
It's constantly giving you feedback.
And number four is like we said, it's a lotlike moving after dinner, but move your body,
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and we are massive believers in that strengthtraining component.
So muscle is your best glucose disposal tool,hands down.
The more lean muscle you have, and we preachthis all the time, the more your sugar your
body can absorb without needing a ton ofinsulin all the time.
Alright?
So strengthening two to four times a week isone of the best long term strategies to reverse
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insulin resistance.
I'm going give you a little bit of tip.
Put your phone in your locker, right?
You want your heart rate to get up when you'redoing those activities.
So walking is way underrated.
Walking is a form of resistance, right?
So walking is a very good tool.
Just a brisk one after meals first thing in themorning, you get indirect sunlight exposure to
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prepare your body for sleep.
And then maybe between calls or even duringcalls can make a huge impact to lower that
effect.
So consider supplements if needed.
We are big on supplementation, and we had aprior podcast that we explained the depletion
in our nutrient source.
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So, this is where we highlight thesupplementation that we think could be crucial
for you in really fighting that insulinresponse.
So, these can be helpful adjuncts, but are notcomplete substitutes for whole lifestyle meals
throughout the day, specifically three a day.
So berberine, number one.
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What is berberine?
Berberine helps improve insulin sensitivity.
So think it like a natural form of metformin.
Berberine is a great tool.
Alpha lipic acid, right?
It's an antioxidant that supports glucoseuptake.
Another one that is on the craze right now ismagnesium.
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So many people are deficient in magnesium,which plays a crucial role in insulin
regulation.
So chromium is another one and that supportshealthy glucose metabolism.
So as always, work with someone who knows howto personalize your needs, such as Alessi
Functional Health, which can guide you throughthat process and guide you through all these
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processes of what functional medicine lookslike and how you can approach them and start
implementing in your day to day.
But at the end of the here's the truth.
Your blood sugar isn't just about whether ornot you have diabetes.
It's the foundation of how you feel, think, andage.
So when it's out of control, everything else isharder.
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Weight loss, energy, hormones, brain function,all the above.
And when you stabilize it, the whole systemcalms down and gives you a better cadence.
So you feel steady, sharp, and strong at theend of the day.
So we always go by this model.
This isn't about perfection.
It's about consistency.
So eating real food, moving your body, gettinggood sleep, and respecting your biology at the
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end of the day, it's better to be consistentlygood than occasionally perfect.
That's our motto.
And if you've got the tools, now, less time.
Let's go get it.
Love that, man.
That was awesome.
Those are some really good actionable tipspeople can do.
And we always say, start with one, right?
Don't overload yourself and be like, I'm goingto do all of this tomorrow.
It's like pick one, implement that for a week,make sure you dial that in as a habit and now
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add to that habit stack, right?
The walking after meals is probably the easiestone people can turn around and do today.
So, love that.
Thank you for joining us.
Always to learn more about how we can helpdiagnose reverse and heal blood sugar and
metabolic conditions within our functionalmedicine programs, go to
AlessiFunctionalHealth.com, schedule aconsultation with myself or one of our other
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doctors, and let's create a personalized planto get you to that lifelong health that we talk
about.
Listeners of the podcast are always gonna getexclusive discounts and price reductions on all
of our protocols and lab tests.
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resources on our website at AlessiFXHealth.com.
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