EXPERT STACK Blood Sugar & Metabolic Health

Show: Inside Out Health

Your blood sugar isn't just about sugar — it's tangled up with your gut, your immune system, and how your whole metabolism runs. This episode pulls together three conversations that build on each other, from one guy's simple fix to the bigger picture behind it all — meet your three experts below.

Most people with type 2 diabetes are told it's a forever sentence. Chris Reade was one of them. In 2017, his A1C hit 9.1 with zero warning. He refused medication, did the research, and built a food system around the science of soluble fiber. Six months later, his A1C was 5.5. Seven years later, it has never gone back up.

Danielle Hamilton is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner & Restorative Wellness Practitioner who specializes in blood sugar regulation & digestion. She became interested in blood sugar issues when she learned that Insulin Resistance was at the root of her PCOS. She was able to reverse her PCOS, cystic acne, PMS & weight loss resistance by reversing Insulin Resistance.

Joel Greene is the very first gut-health protocol teacher, the original biohacker that utilizes the immune system and the family of insulin hormones to create lasting health. Joel has spoken on other top podcasts such as Ben Greenfield's Life and Cynthia Thurlow's Everyday Wellness.

In this episode, you'll hear three experts connect the dots between blood sugar, gut health, and metabolism — starting with one guy's simple fix and ending with the bigger picture behind it all.

RESOURCES:

Learn more about Chris Reade here: https://www.beatingdiabetes.us/
Chris Reade's Instagram: @beatingdiabetesus
Check out the full conversation with Chris here: https://www.taragarrison.com/blog/chrisreade
Learn more about Danielle here: http://daniellehamiltonhealth.com
Danielle Hamilton's Instagram: @daniellehamiltonhealth
Check out the full conversation with Danielle here: https://www.taragarrison.com/blog/daniellehamilton
Joel Greene's Instagram: @realjoelgreene
Check out the full conversation with Joel here: https://www.taragarrison.com/blog/joelgreene

CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Intro: the blood sugar & metabolic health expert stack
01:39 – Chris on his diabetes diagnosis
03:46 – The shock: A1C jumps from normal to 9.3
06:04 – What caused it: a parasite that wrecked his gut biome
09:53 – The research: soluble fiber studies since the 1970s
12:33 – Cutting sugar, ramping fiber, and an unplanned 25-lb loss
14:35 – Danielle's wake-up call: the PCOS/diabetes connection
16:05 – The "personality traits" that were really blood sugar crashes
17:00 – Recognizing a crash: brain fog, mood, the Snickers test
22:14 – How blood sugar works and the insulin resistance spiral
27:05 – Digestion mechanics: chewing and stomach acid
31:01 – Bile, fat digestion, leaky gut, and practical fixes
34:37 – Joel's framework: three metabolisms, not one
36:04 – Immune cell metabolism's link to fat, obesity, and cancer
38:28 – Why sugar isn't "just a calorie": Warburg metabolism
42:40 – The gut-immune axis: your body's biggest immune hotspot
44:46 – Bifidobacteria and Akkermansia: the gut-immune balance
48:18 – Sugar, extreme diets, and why they backfire long term

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