Dr. Alan Hopkins is the CEO of YOURLABWORK, LLC and is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. In this episode, we continue with the conversation on blood sugar that we started last week with Diane Sanfilippo. Hopkins talks about what prediabetes is, testing and blood sugar numbers.

Here's what you'll hear:

Min 01:45 Dr. Alan Hopkins' background & work Min 04:25 Diabetes research Min 08:40 Lab testing at Your Lab Work Min 10:25 Taking a stand for your health Min 12:35 Prediabetes & diabetes numbers Min 13:20 Blood sugar markers & your risk potential - Blood sugar of 85 or less is considered perfect - Blood sugar of 100 is prediabetes - Blood sugar of 125 is diabetes - Blood sugar of 126 & above is consistent with Types 2 diabetes Min 18:00 Early blood sugar screening Min 24:50 Insulin resistance Min 28:40 Effects of exercise & food on blood sugar Min 33:10 Dealing with Prediabetes Min 36:45 Custom lab work - Metabolic panel - Sugar metabolism & Diabetes screening - Thyroid tests (TSH, Free T3, Free T4), Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies (for Hashimoto's) - Advanced cholesterol panel

To learn more about Alan Hopkins, visit his website here.

Resources:

Detoxing From Sugar with Diane Sanfilippo How High Blood Sugar Wrecks Your Hormones with Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo To get 20% discount off your lab work, use the discount code "Drr2018" Practitioner Training Program survey Custom lab work

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Are You in Prediabetes? With Dr. Alan Hopkins