Over the past two weeks, we’ve covered what inflammation is and what it feels like in the body. This week, I want to tackle something that gets in the way for a lot of people: the myths.
Because there is a lot of noise around inflammation right now, and some of it is genuinely misleading. Believing the wrong thing doesn’t just waste your time and money. It can keep you stuck in a cycle that never resolves.
I want to start this month by going back to basics, because “inflammation” is one of those words that gets thrown around constantly, and I still find that most people don’t have a clear picture of what it actually means in their body.
So let me give you mine.
Most conversations about diabetes prevention start too late.
By the time someone gets a diagnosis or even a prediabetes flag their metabolism has been sending signals for years. The problem isn’t that the body didn’t warn us. It’s that we weren’t looking in the right places.
That’s what personalized prevention is all about. Not waiting for a number to cross a threshold, but understanding your individual metabolic blueprint well before that ever happens.
I want to talk about something I see come up constantly with my clients and used to frustrate me too.
Someone does everything right. They’re eating better, they’re moving more, they’ve cut out the obvious stuff and their blood sugar still isn’t cooperating.
Here’s what I’ve come to understand: blood sugar isn’t a single-player problem. There are three major systems running it and most of the conversation focuses on just one.
May always feels like momentum. With the nicer weather, more time outside, more movement.
It’s that point where the “reset” from spring starts turning into real habits.
There is more diet advice available right now than ever before.
Low carb.
Low fat.
High protein.
Intermittent fasting.
Keto.
Plant-based.
No seed oils.
High fiber.
I want to talk about something I hear almost every single week from the clients I work with.
“I’m doing everything right… so why does my body feel so stuck?”
They’re eating less. Moving more. Trying to be consistent. And still their energy is flat, their weight won’t budge, and their metabolism feels like it’s working against them.
Here’s what I’ve learned after years of working with clients on this: the problem is almost never what they’re eating. It’s the small daily signals they’re sending their body without even realizing it.
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