Diabetes Game Changer
By Sarah Aitken, WHNP/FNP (retired), Metabolic Health Practitioner, Coach, Author
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Welcome to Diabetes Game Changer: Your Guide to Understanding and Reversing Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes. I'll be distilling the current science about food metabolism into easily understood concepts that you can apply to your own life to improve your own metabolic health. All scientific references can be found housed on the homepage of my website at diabetesgamechanger.com
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Why Cravings Aren’t a Willpower Problem: Meet Your Vagus Nerve
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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Physics Meets Calories
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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Great! Blood Sugar Is Back Down! But wait...what's happening to insulin?
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Summing It All Up!
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Understanding Heart Rate Variability
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Show Me The Numbers or It's Not Science!
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Grandma Is Worried
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Section 12 of my new book, the last section!
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Section 11 of my new book!
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Section ten of my new book!
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Section nine of the new book!
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Section Eight of my new Book!
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Section Seven of my New Book!
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Section Six of My New Book!
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Section Five of my New Book!
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Section Four of My New Book!
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Section Three of my new Book: Reversible! The Science of Reversing Prediabetes
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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My New Book Section Two!
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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My New Book Section one!
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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My new book on reversing Insulin Resistance!
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Motivation, Momentum and Habit
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Weight Regain: Why it Happens and How To Avoid It
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May 25, 2026 |
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Nothing Has Gone Wrong!
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May 18, 2026 |
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It's Called Revenge Eating....and It Could Be Wreaking Havoc With Your Metabolic Health!
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May 11, 2026 |
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Running and Metabolic Health
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May 04, 2026 |
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Dinner Time Matters!
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Resistant Starch 2.0
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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The Keto (low carb) Paradox
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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When Fasting Blood Sugar is Confusing
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Salt!
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The Two Phases of Insulin Release
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Carb Cycling
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Coronary Artery Calcium Scans!
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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The New Guidelines are Here!
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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There is some new data about alcohol!
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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That Super Bowl Ad....
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Which Blood Tests are Often Inaccurate and Why?
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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OMG Hospital Food!
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Creatine! Not just for body builders any more
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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More on Food Addiction!
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Don't Outsource Your Metabolic Health
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Statins, LDL and Saturated fat. What Does the Research Say?
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Do You Need a Post Holiday Reset?
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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What are Nutritional Best Practices?
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Harness Oxidative Priority for Faster Weight Loss!
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Fat!
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Game Changing New Data - there are FOUR subtypes of type 2 diabetes!!
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Sensory Specific Satiety
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Male Menopause and Metabolic Health Are Connected!
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Menopause and Blood Sugar Control!
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Blue Zone Diet: Fact or Fiction?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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It's National Diabetes Awareness Month!
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Tracking and Tracking Apps!
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Autoimmune Disease is Connected to Metabolic Health!
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ketones Revisited
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Metabolic Health and Joint Health are Connected in Surprising Ways!
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Organic, Grass Fed, Free Range - What Do The Labels Really mean?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Everything You Need To Know About Electrolytes! (And a little about muscle cramping!)
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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All Things Metabolism!
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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The Surprising Connection Between Mitochondria, Immunity and Insulin Resistance!
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Weight Fails To Tell The Whole Story
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Nutrition Science Is Junk Science
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Sugar Addiction Revisited
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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16 Myths Regarding Weight Loss and Blood Sugar Control Debunked
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Magical Thinking
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Goals Are A Place To Come From
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Sugar! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Fruit! The Best and the Worst for Metabolic Health and Weight Loss
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Is it a Food Allergy or an Intolerance? Does it matter?
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Urges, Cravings and Habits! Simple to learn, sometimes challenging to unlearn!
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Intermittent Fasting 2.0
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Vacation Brain!
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Symptoms vs Risks
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Cooking Oils! Let's try that again!
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Cooking Oil! You will never look at it the same after this...
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Water
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May 26, 2025 |
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Breakfast Cereal
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May 19, 2025 |
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PCOS
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May 12, 2025 |
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Motivational Interviewing - try it on yourself!
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May 05, 2025 |
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Food Hangover. Is it real?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Net Carbs
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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"Tools in the Toolbox": chrononutrition and intermittent fasting strategies
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Healthy Substitutions which might surprise you!
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Luck, Hope and Self Efficacy
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Cognitive Load and Habits!
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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How do Diabetic Medications Work?
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Lipids! Did you know LDL by itself is the worse predictor of heart disease?
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Gout, HTN and Kidney Disease - they are all metabolic health problems!
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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What causes muscle loss? How do muscle grow? Can you stop muscle loss when you lose weight?
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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GERD and Dental Health
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Resistant Starch and Allulose
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Common Misconceptions about Food & Blood Sugar Control
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Intuitive Eating Never Worked For Me
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Get That OFC Working For You!
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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How do you gain fat? How do you lose fat? What's the physiology?
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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The Protein Leverage Hypothesis
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Tolerating discomfort and Diet Mentality
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Insulin Resistance and Mental Health
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Carnivore, Vegan, Mediterranean - which best supports metabolic health?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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"Eat Lots of Fruits & Vegetables" is TERRIBLE advice!
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Is it addiction? Or simple habit? Or both?
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Why Does blood sugar go up in the morning? or with exercise?
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Gut microbiome, insulin resistance and IBS
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Urges, Cravings Habits and Artificial Sweeteners!
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Can we trust the research?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Sugar, Starch and Reading Food Labels
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Hunger and Food As Pleasure
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Constipation and Coffee!
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Vinegar, supplements, detoxes and cleanses - what does the science say?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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The "Healthy Diet" Fallacy
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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What do Diabetics Die From?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Insulin is the problem, NOT blood sugar!
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Survival of the Fattest
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Desire and Addiction - either way, sugar is a culprit
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Chocolate, Hemp, herbs and spices!!
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Cholesterol
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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No more need for motivation if you are using habits instead!
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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The Game Changer Weight Loss Drug! Or is it?
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Not all body fat is created equal!
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Ketones!
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Bread!
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Blood Sugar Hacks
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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CGM goes OTC
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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What's up with the ADA?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Just One Teaspoon!
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Heart Disease! Did you know this is a metabolic disease?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Inflammation!
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Exercise! Is it necessary?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Intermittent Fasting: a tool in the tool box for best metabolic health
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Theories of Obesity
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Calorie Counting!
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Processed food: what's the problem?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Macros and glucose
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Insulin Resistance! What is it anyway?
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Jun 12, 2024 |