In this episode, Andrea Donsky interviews Dr. Steven Masley, a physician, nutritionist, trained chef, author, and the creator of the #1 health program for Public Television, 30 Days to a Younger Heart. He shares how high blood sugar is the #1 cause of weight gain, dementia and diabetes, insulin resistance, and the negative effects and specifically what diet and foods we should and should not eat to help balance our blood sugar.  A1C Blood Test - measures your average blood sugar levels 00:23 About Dr. Steven Masley1:15 Why it’s important to balance your blood sugar in perimenopause and menopause?2:00 Type 3 diabetes3:30 Insulin resistance and the negative effects4:53 Can you have both type 2 and type 3 diabetes?5:40 How do we know if our blood sugar is not balanced?7:09 Heart Disease and blood sugar7:40 What you can do to help balance your blood sugar9:57 How does Exercise control blood sugar?11:01 Other reasons why when we are in perimenopause and menopause our body can’t handle sugar?13:19 is a paleo or keto diet good options to help balance blood sugar?15:36 Do legumes (peas, beans, lentils) help balance blood sugar?17:29 Soy and blood sugar20:23 Blood sugar and white potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, and corn23:52 The right oil24:30 Intermittent fasting and its effect on blood sugar27:07 What is the right way to intermittent fast?30:55 How to know if what we’re doing is working?31:57 Dr. Masley’s final thoughts===== Are you in perimenopause or menopause? Join our Wearemorphus PRIVATE group here: https://bit.ly/2MsxBBf ======?️S H O P?? Dr. Steven Masely Cookbooks and Books: https://amzn.to/2UKBeXp??Magnesium: https://amzn.to/33cWzy2??Omega-3: https://amzn.to/3fh166O??Zinc: https://amzn.to/2LIUAb2??B Complex: https://amzn.to/36aLcX8??Dr. Steven Masely Cookbooks and Books:https://amzn.to/3kJ715K?? Magnesium: https://amzn.to/30Z0c8b??Omega-3: https://amzn.to/38XRTPv??Zinc: https://amzn.to/3dYf37M??B Complex: https://amzn.to/34kyAxQ======? S U B S C R I B E: https://bit.ly/2UTjmb0 ====== ?J O I N our email list: https://bit.ly/2y9bmwJ ====== // S O C I A L M O R P H U S ↙️ ▸ instagram | @wearemorphus | https://bit.ly/367EfWU ▸ facebook | /wearemorphusJoin our Wearemorphus PRIVATE group: https://bit.ly/2MsxBBf======?JOIN our email list: https://bit.ly/3DJFkH0✅ Help with our research: https://bit.ly/45eTlrr ====== SOCIALMORPHUS▸ instagram | @wearemorphus | https://bit.ly/367EfWU▸ facebook | /wearemorphus | https://bit.ly/2MsxBBf▸ twitter | @wearemorphus | https://bit.ly/3RZt4qf▸ email | info@wearemorphus.com ANDREA DONSKY▸ tiktok | @andreadonsky | https://bit.ly/2VMgiDK▸ instagram | @andreadonsky | https://bit.ly/2T9HojG ▸ facebook | /andreadonskyRHN | https://bit.ly/2WB4UYT ▸ twitter | @andreadonsky | https://bit.ly/3cDj5C9 ▸ linkedin | https://bit.ly/2TeraphDISCLAIMER: This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or healthcare provider. This podcast contains affiliate links, (if you click on any of the product links,) Morphus will receive a small commission. Thank you so much for yo...