Dec07
EP. 52: Blood Sugar, Carbohydrates & Ketosis with Nora Gedgaudus
How To Finally Find Your Optimal Health
IN THIS EPISODE:
Nora Gedgaudas is a widely recognized expert on what is popularly referred to as the “Paleo diet”. She is the author of the international best-selling book, Primal Body, Primal Mind: Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and A Longer Life. She is also the author of the best selling ebook: Rethinking Fatigue: What Your Adrenals Are Really Telling You and What You Can Do About It.
Nora is one smart cookie.
Her knowledge base was actually even wider than I had anticipated (which is pretty impressive because she's one of my heroes!) and it made for an incredibly FASCINATING and enlightening conversation.
Soooooo many "aha" moments!
- Here are some of the fascinating tidbits you won't want to miss:
- The dangers of chronically elevated blood sugar
- A little known therapy that can heal your brain and mental health issues
- How accurate is blood sugar as a measure of health?
- How to identify blood sugar issues
- How to keep your blood sugar steady
- What ideal blood sugar readings look like
- The importance and limitations of glucometers
- Why certain foods trigger insulin but not blood sugar and why it matters
- The sweetener that DOESN'T trigger insulin
- Why certain people tolerate carbohydrates better than others
- How to get your body to stop burning carbs so it can start burning FAT
- What carb cravings say about our health
- Supplements that help fight carb cravings
- Health issues that could be at the root of your carb cravings
- Why NO ONE has ever had a carb deficiency
- The supplement company that puts GLUTEN in all their supplements
- Why making your own ketones is always better than supplementing
- The dangers of synthetic ketones
- The ultimate goal of ketosis
- And much more!
SHOW NOTES:
Check out Summer's website here:
www.primalbody-primalbody.com
Find a Neurofeedback provider in your area:
http://eeginfo.com/member/directory.do
Grab Nora's book, Rethinking Fatigue on Amazon here:
http://amzn.to/2h3FajU
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