May 18, 2021
I always say, 'There's no one size fits all,' but with sugar, especially, it truly is an addictive substance. It lights up the same pathways as a drug does. These food products are literally designed to be addictive; there's nothing natural about them and that is part of the problem with trying only to go through intuitive eating because it's very hard to intuitively eat candy because it's not a natural food that our body is prepared to handle...
...Truly when you get into that a routine of healthy eating and then you taste that candy again, it tastes so much sweeter. It tastes so much different than when you were eating it all the time and it was just lighting up your dopamine system type of behavior. So, then you can eat something mindfully in every once in awhile because you can sit there and eat it slowly and enjoy it rather than it be something that your brain is driving you to do. - Kara Collier
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Wellness Force Radio Episode 397
Director of Nutrition at NutriSense, Kara Collier, explains how Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) can help optimize your health as well as personalize your nutrition for a lifetime, how our emotional intelligence impacts our food choices, the connection between stress and glucose levels plus her top tricks and tips to help curb your sugar cravings and binges.
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Analyze in real-time how your glucose levels respond to food, exercise, stress, and sleep. CGMs can help you take the guesswork out of understanding your blood glucose levels.
When you join NutriSense, you'll receive a continuous glucose
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Their program offers expert guidance to help you interpret that
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Your CGM shows your glucose levels. The NutriSense app lets you track your daily activity to see how food, sleep, exercise, and stress impact your glucose.
You can log or import this data, then see the effect on your levels as soon as it happens.
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Listen To Episode 397 As Kara Collier Uncovers:
[1:30] Achieving Your Optimal Health With NutriSense
- How do I put on the CGM sensor?
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The origins of her career as a Registered Dietician working in the healthcare system.
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Her frustrations with the healthcare system as she worked with patients in the ICU.
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Why most people she saw in the ICU were people there due to lifestyle struggles and diseases such as diabetes.
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What led her to start NutriSense where she is now the Director of Nutrition with the mission to help people use continuous glucose monitors.
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Why there's no "one size fits all" approach when it comes to health and how NutriSense will help you find out what is optimal for your body.
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The biggest shockers she discovered about the traditional western academic setting for diabetic healthcare.
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Why advising someone with diabetes to eat consistent carbohydrates is not the right approach as it leads to glucose peaks.
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The problem with big pharmaceutical and food brands like Kraft coming into the university setting and advising students studying health what foods to give diabetics.
[11:30] Your Unique Personalized Health Guide with CGM
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How NutriSense's continuous glucose monitoring device provides you with your unique health data to help you focus on your wellness goals.
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Why anyone can use NutriSense to help them learn about their glucose levels to help them make better lifestyle decisions.
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How you will get better glucose data with a CGM device compared to pricking your finger.
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The big health picture you will receive when you use your CGM device to see your body's response to certain foods and beverages consumed at different times of the day.
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Examples of proactively using the data from your CGM device to help guide your wellness journey.
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How NutriSense's approach really takes an honest look at the continuous process that is unique to the individual.
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New findings that Kara has discovered about her own health after using their CGM device including her body's ability to tolerate bananas really well.
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Who is and isn't a good candidate for using the NutriSense CGM device.
[20:30] How Our Emotional Intelligence Impacts Food Choice
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How she walks the line as a registered dietician knowing that many of her patients; food choices are a byproduct of their emotional intelligence.
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The importance of guiding patients to meet with a mental health specialist to help them with deep wounds around food.
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How the data from the CGM device helps people achieve a greater mind and body connection.
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What intuitive eating is and why more people are inclined to do it when they use a CGM device.
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The real value of the data you will receive from using the NutriSense CGM device and how it will help you with changing your behavior.
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Breaking down how our brains are hardwired for immediate gratification but most health habits have delayed gratification.
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Why working out may not be super fun in the moment if you're someone who doesn't go to the gym often but you will see great results in the long term.
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How continuous data from devices like NutriSense and FitBit can help us bridge the gap between immediate gratification and delayed health gratification.
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Why real-time data from a CGM device can be way more motivating internally for positive health change than from an external article or advice from a family member or friend.
[27:30] Positive Behavior Change For Life With NutriSense
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Where NutriSense what's to go next as a company beyond CGM.
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Why they believe that the best behavior change and long-term lasting health benefits come from the right information, expertise, and mindset.
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How their dietician will give you 1-on-1 expertise to help you along your health journey.
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What content they will provide you to help you build a sustainable mindset to help you stick to continuous behavior change over time.
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How she balances technology in her day-to-day life and how she takes break from it on occasion.
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Her mindset shift to see technology as tools to help rather than control her life.
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Common struggles people face in life with feeling like they have to be perfect when it comes to food and being healthy.
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How to be more mindful of the food choices you make so that you don't give into your impulses but instead create balance and build value in your life like eating out with friends.
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What interesting findings Josh discovered about himself after trying the NutriSense CGM device.
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Examples of life transformation their customers have experienced working with them on making sustainable tweaks over time.
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How NutriSense has helped customers catch health issues early on so that they don't spiral into a much bigger problem in the future.
[36:00] Creating Realistic Health Goals For Yourself
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Why continuous glucose monitoring is not just for diabetics and can truly change a person's life.
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Exploring what makes people want to use a CGM device and stick to using it.
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The different levels for behavior change and why some people just aren't ready for it.
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How to create realistic health goals for yourself with small changes over times for a ripple effect.
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Why it can be really hard for some people to eat healthy because of the habits they have learned growing up.
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Unpacking how much glucose can drive one's willpower, behavior, mental health, and emotions.
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Closing the gap between technology and human connection with devices like NutriSense's CGM.
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How people can rise up and use this time with COVID-19 to really take control of their health.
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What you can do to really customize your NutriSense experience for what works best for you and your goals.
[46:00] The Connection Stress & Glucose Levels
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Deep dive into how stress can actually impact our glucose levels.
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Why it's so helpful to go back to the big picture goal and your 'why' when struggling to find motivation.
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How to find greater motivation for your health goals beyond just getting ready for bikini season.
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The fact that metabolism is driven by so many different processes and how CGM comes into play.
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Breaking down how metabolism works and how it is fueled by different systems and pathways that it can take.
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The spectrum between metabolic health and metabolic dysfunction and how breakdowns happen the closer we get to dysfunction with more and more pressure.
[50:30] How To End Your Sugar Addiction
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Her tips to stop sugar cravings and binges plus how CGM plays a role with it.
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Why sugar detoxes are so much more beneficial than having a little bit every today to wean it off if you have a sugar addiction.
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How junk food is literally designed to be addictive and there is nothing natural about it.
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Why we can't intuitively eat something like candy because it's not a natural food that our body is prepared to handle.
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The importance of taking control of your environment but not having candy and junk food in the house or nearby you all the time.
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How our taste buds change when we stop eating artificial foods and what you will notice after taking a break from them.
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Why eating less sugar improves your food awareness and intuitive eating habits which leads to greater health in the long end.
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How NutriSense CGM users utilize the device to address both the microbiome and behavior elements.
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The power in taking control of your sugar cravings by switch something artificial for something natural that's good for you and tastes better.
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How to get started with eating less sugar by just focusing on it for 3 days and then reflect on the changes you see with your health.
Power Quotes From The Show
How CGMs Enhance Intuitive Eating
Building Sticky Habits With NutriSense
How Stress Impacts Your Glucose Levels
Links From Today's Show
About Kara Collier
Director of Nutrition at NutriSense, Kara Collier is a Registered
Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist
(LDN), and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) who
specializes in glucose control and metabolism. She graduated from
Purdue University and previously worked at Memphis VA Medical
Center, as a clinical dietitian at Providence Hospital, and in a
management role at Nutritionix.
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