The Healthy Skin Show 298: How To Tell If Your Blood Sugar Is A Mess w/ Erin Holt
People always ask me what's a priority in terms of dealing with skin issues, and they usually start with diet. However, if you're a longtime listener, you know having healthy skin is NOT just about what you eat. One thing to check in the beginning of any health journey is blood sugar levels, but there are a variety of factors that go into regulating blood sugar. Today's guest dives into how she looks at balancing blood sugars as one of the foundational things when working with her clients, especially when dealing with hormonal imbalances.
Erin Holt is an integrative and functional nutritionist with a feisty attitude and over a decade of clinical experience. She blends evidence-based practices, functional lab testing, energy medicine, boundary setting and humor for a unique and customized approach to women’s health. She dives deep with women to get to the root cause of their health issues and finally get answers to their mystery symptoms. In addition to running multiple online nutrition and functional medicine programs, Erin is the founder of the Funk’tional Nutrition Academy, a 14 month practitioner training and mentorship helping nutrition pros level up with functional medicine methodologies. You can find Erin rabble-rousing on her weekly show, The Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast.
What's one thing that has helped balance your blood sugars and has it helped your skin or other health condition? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!
In this episode:
- What blood sugar balance means for skin + overall health
- Understanding insulin resistance, carbs + blood sugar
- Crazy impact stress can have on blood sugar balance
- Best labs for blood sugar (so you know what's going on)
- Pros + cons of a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM)
- Erin's tips for better blood sugar balance
Quotes
"What's normal is that you eat food and you just feel less hungry. There really shouldn't be a dramatic change of your energy levels. If there is, that could indicate blood sugar dysregulation." [06:21]
"One of the things that happens is that our adrenal hormones, cortisol being one of them, come in to bring glucose back up. So there's this real intimate connection and it's why, before I even help somebody balance their hormones, I want to make sure that their blood sugar is balanced so that cortisol is not being called on all of the time to do the job that food should really be doing." [03:26]
Links
Find Erin online | Instagram | Funk’tional Nutrition Academy
Get Erin's FREE GUIDES: The Digestive Guide | The Metabolism Training Series
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