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Feb 2021
17m 29s

Top 12 Foods to Balance Your Blood Sugar

Dr. Jockers
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Food can be the best and the worst thing you can put inside your body, that is, if you're not being mindful. When your blood sugar level is unstable, your mood and disposition are too. You feel anxious and irritable while experiencing unnecessary cravings, poor sleep, and sluggishness. To some extent, it can even lead to developing chronic illnesses, like diabetes. In this episode, Dr. Jockers cites the best kinds of foods you should keep as staples in your pantry and how they're beneficial in keeping your blood sugar level balanced.

 

"Food can act as a medicine to be able to put your blood sugar in a good balance."

-Dr. David Jockers

  

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In This Episode:

 

- Why life is SO MUCH BETTER with a stable, balanced blood sugar level 

 

- Daily habits and other factors that kick your blood sugar level off-kilter 

 

- Recognize these warning signs that your blood sugar may be unstable and brace for how your body reacts

 

- Top 12 delicious ways to stabilize your blood sugar level with filling foods, thirst-quenchers, and the most powerful anti-inflammatory herbs on Earth

 

- Drinking the "right" type of coffee delivers more than a wakeup boost

 

Resources:

 

- Paleovalley.com – use code JOCKERS to get 15% off

 

- The Fasting Transformation by Dr. David Jockers

 

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