Light Up Your Metabolism
Welcome to the Light Up Your Metabolism Podcast, where we explore the profound impact of light, environment, and nature on your metabolic health. Hosted by Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and passionate health expert Danielle Hamilton of daniellehamiltonhealth.com, this show is designed to help you break free from the cycle of fatigue, cravings, hormone imbalances, and weight struggles.
In today's world, where over 93% of the population is metabolically unhealthy, many people feel stuck despite their best efforts with diet and exercise. Dani delves into the incredible world of quantum and circadian biology, uncovering how simple yet powerful strategies like sunlight, grounding, lowering deuterium, and blocking blue light can transform your health.
It's time to reconnect with nature and her cycles. Discover how your environment—including light, electromagnetic fields, temperature, sounds, and even the people around you—affects your metabolic health. Learn actionable tips and bioindividual approaches to charge your body like you charge your phone each night, using the free resources nature provides.
Join Dani for insightful discussions and practical advice that will empower you to optimize your blood sugar, boost your energy, improve your sleep, balance your hormones, and feel amazing. Tune in to 'Light Up Your Metabolism' and start your journey to vibrant health today!
Light Up Your Metabolism
How Lack of Sleep, Hormones & Stress Impact our Blood Sugar with Lauren Kelly-Chew | Episode 112
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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.
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Lauren’s Instagram: @drkelleychew
ON TODAY'S EPISODE
- Dr. Lauren's own health journey and journey through medical school
- Why 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 prediabetes
- Why oatmeal isn't a blood sugar / metabolic supportive food
- Why cutoffs for blood sugar ranges are failing to catch blood sugar issues
- What 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 US
- Why would someone want to use a CGM?
- How our gut microbiome impacts our blood sugar
- Which types of movement are best for blood sugar
- What lack of sleep & stress do to our blood sugar
- How high levels of blood sugar impact the brain
- How our hormonal balance and menstrual cycles impact our glucose levels
- When we should dial up fasting/low carb in women's monthly cycles
- Why we have carb cravings in the later part of menstrual cycles
- How women / men differ when it comes to glucose regulation
- What happens in our body when blood sugar is high
- High blood sugar at night
- What alcohol does to our blood sugar levels
- Misconceptions - which foods are touted as healthy but disastrous for our blood sugar
- A conversation on dairy and it's impact on our blood glucose levels
- How 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!)
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