Welcome to the Sweet Spot! Your weekly dose of practical tips, real talk, and encouragement to help you lower your blood sugar and feel better in your body, one simple step at a time. Hi there Reader , We've spent two weeks talking about fasting differently than what usually shows up in your feed. Not as a test of willpower, and not as punishment for what you ate yesterday. A few of you wrote in with the same safety questions we covered last week, the ones about insulin, sulfonylureas, and...
26 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Sweet Spot! Your weekly dose of practical tips, real talk, and encouragement to help you lower your blood sugar and feel better in your body, one simple step at a time. Hi there Reader , So many of you wrote back last week to say sleep, not dinner, was the real culprit behind a rough morning number. That tracks with everything I know about how glucose actually works overnight, and it's a good reminder before we go further that this story is bigger than food alone. I want to...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Sweet Spot! Your weekly dose of practical tips, real talk, and encouragement to help you lower your blood sugar and feel better in your body, one simple step at a time. Hi there Reader , I have mentioned to you that you already fast every single night, whether you notice it or not. I've been thinking about that again because my own glucose reading caught me off guard one morning. Nothing unusual happened the night before. A plain dinner, lights off around 10pm as normal, and...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Sweet Spot! Your weekly dose of practical tips, real talk, and encouragement to help you lower your blood sugar and feel better in your body, one simple step at a time. Hi there Reader , Can you feel that crispness in the air? Fall is here, and with it comes a wonderful harvest of delicious and powerful foods. This season is the perfect time to explore new flavors that can also do amazing things for your blood sugar. While we often think of fall foods as heavy and starchy, many...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Sweet Spot! Your weekly dose of practical tips, real talk, and encouragement to help you lower your blood sugar and feel better in your body, one simple step at a time. Hi there Reader , I hope you had a restful weekend. This week, I want to talk about one of the most overlooked, yet powerful, tools we have for managing Type 2 diabetes: sleep. We often focus so much on what we eat and how we move, but the quality of our rest can have a massive impact on our blood sugar levels....
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Sweet Spot! Your weekly dose of practical tips, real talk, and encouragement to help you lower your blood sugar and feel better in your body, one simple step at a time. Hi there Reader , So, things got a little weird in my house recently. I willingly signed up to... well, let's just say I got up close and personal with my own biology. That's right, I took a "poop test." For science! After writing last week's post about the gut-diabetes connection, I couldn't stop thinking about...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Sweet Spot! Your weekly dose of practical tips, real talk, and encouragement to help you lower your blood sugar and feel better in your body, one simple step at a time. Hi thereReader, Have you ever heard that a splash of apple cider vinegar (ACV) before meals can help keep blood sugar in check? I decided to test it out for myself this week. Here’s what I did: I added 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to a glass of water and drank it before a high-carb meal. Normally, that...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Let’s talk about something that could be making it harder for you to lower your A1C—insulin resistance. What is Insulin Resistance? 🤔 Insulin is a hormone that acts like a key to let sugar (glucose) into your cells for energy. When you’re insulin resistant, your body can’t use insulin effectively, meaning sugar stays in your bloodstream instead of entering your cells. Your pancreas works overtime to make more insulin, which can lead to higher blood sugar and eventually a higher...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Sure thing! Here’s a fun and lighthearted email crafted for your dream customer: Hey there Superstar! ✨ Guess what? I had a wild adventure recently and I can’t wait to spill the beans! (Or, since we’re talking Diabetes… maybe I should say spill the broccoli? 🥦😂) So, remember that crispy, juicy goodness called Chick-fil-A? Yep, I had some! 🙈 It’s my kryptonite. But then, as fate would have it, I started re-reading Dr. Fung’s “The Diabetes Code” (total page-turner, by the way). Inspired by all...
about 3 years ago • 1 min read