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Mar 2023
1h 4m

High Morning Blood Sugar, Overnight Lows...

DANIELLE HAMILTON, FNTP
About this episode

TODAY'S SPONSORS

Your blood sugar levels can significantly impact how your body feels and functions. Nutrisense combines cutting-edge technology and human expertise so you can see how your body responds to different food, exercise, stress and sleep in real time. By pairing a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) with their app and expert dietitian guidance, Nutrisense can help you reach your health goals.

Head to nutrisense.io/sugar and use the promo code SUGAR to get $30 off and one month of free dietitian support!

TODAY'S GUEST

Molly Downey, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN) who specializes in glucose control, metabolism and weight loss. She graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington and currently works as a nutrition manager at Nutrisense, a health technology company which leverages continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) as a way to optimize diet, health and overall wellbeing.

Website: https://www.nutrisense.io/
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ON TODAY'S EPISODE

  • All about Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) and their benefits
  • Why Molly began working at Nutrisense and the purpose behind the company
  • Molly's journey with healing her PCOS through stabilizing her blood sugar
  • Why and how each person’s blood sugar reacts differently to different foods
  • Common symptoms people identify using a CGM
  • How your blood sugar reacts overnight and what can affect it 
  • How to set yourself up for a good nights sleep through foods and habits 
  • Molly’s thoughts on how many times you should eat a day
  • What is glycemic variability and how to control it 
  • The impact of alcohol on blood sugar

STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME:

You can find me:

  1. On Instagram @daniellehamiltonhealth 
  2. On Facebook at Danielle Hamilton Health.
  3. My website is daniellehamiltonhealth.com (scroll down to sign up for my Newsletter!)

👉 The next round begins in APRIL 2023! Get on the VIP waitlist here: https://www.daniellehamiltonhealth.com/blood-sugar-mastery

Thank you for subscribing, rating, reviewing, sharing and reposting the show! I appreciate each and every one of you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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