How Lack of Sleep, Hormones & Stress Impact our Blood Sugar with Lauren Kelly-Chew | Episode 112

TODAY"S SPONSORS Looking for a holistic doctor who isn"t just trying to shove prescriptions down your throat? Looking for a doctor who can actually help support your wellness and preventive care goals? A doctor who will LISTEN to you? Look no further than Wild Health! Head to wildhealth.com and use the code DANIELLE10 to get 10% off.  TODAY"S GUEST Lauren Kelley-Chew, MD is the Head of Clinical Product at Levels. Prior to Levels, Lauren led Strategy & BizOps at Verily Life Sciences, driving product, commercial, and clinical strategy with a focus on wearables, digital biomarkers, and emerging products. She previously founded a Y Combinator-backed digital therapeutics startup for digestive diseases and worked as a private equity investor. Lauren graduated from medical school at UPenn, where she was a Gamble Scholar. Throughout her career, Lauren has been inspired to build products and businesses that solve system-level problems and make good health accessible to everyone. Levels Instagram: @levels Levels blog: levelshealth.com/blog Levels website: levelshealth.com <- get a CGM here Lauren’s Instagram: @drkelleychew ON TODAY"S EPISODEDr. Lauren"s own health journey and journey through medical schoolWhy it"s so hard to get Continuous Glucose Monitors "Your body can look any way, and you can have metabolic dysfunction"How she reversed her prediabetesWhy oatmeal isn"t a blood sugar / metabolic supportive foodWhy cutoffs for blood sugar ranges are failing to catch blood sugar issuesWhat is "metabolism" and what does it look like when it"s working well?Blood sugar is connected with 9 out of the 10 leading causes of death in the USWhy would someone want to use a CGM?How our gut microbiome impacts our blood sugarWhich types of movement are best for blood sugarWhat lack of sleep & stress do to our blood sugarHow high levels of blood sugar impact the brainHow our hormonal balance and menstrual cycles impact our glucose levelsWhen we should dial up fasting/low carb in women"s monthly cyclesWhy we have carb cravings in the later part of menstrual cyclesHow women / men differ when it comes to glucose regulationWhat happens in our body when blood sugar is highHigh blood sugar at nightWhat alcohol does to our blood sugar levelsMisconceptions - which foods are touted as healthy but disastrous for our blood sugarA conversation on dairy and it"s impact on our blood glucose levelsHow do you get a Levels CGM? Do you need a doctor?What are the goals and benefits of the Levels app STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME: You can find me:On Instagram @daniellehamiltonhealth On Facebook at Danielle Hamilton Health.My website is daniellehamiltonhealth.com (scroll down to sign up for my Newsletter!) 👉 The next round begins in JANUARY 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! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️