Midlife Metabolic Truth with Jacinda Shapiro, Part 1: The Science
Insulin resistance is not a sugar problem. It is a fat problem. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Dvora sits down with Nurse Jacinda Shapiro to get into the science behind what is driving metabolic disease in midlife women, and why most conventional medicine is still missing the mark.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Why insulin resistance is caused by dietary fat accumulating in the liver, muscle, and pancreas, not by sugar
- Why pre-diabetes is far more serious than most people are told, including loss of up to 50% of beta cell function
- Why 80% of people living with pre-diabetes have no idea they have it
- How your gut microbiome regulates blood sugar, blood pressure, and neurotransmitters through the fiber you eat
- Why more medications have not flattened the curve on diabetes or heart disease
- How pharmaceutical companies use relative vs. absolute risk reduction to make drugs appear more effective than they are
Part 2 drops May 19: Lifestyle Medicine, navigating an unsupportive household, what your CGM is really telling you, and how Jacinda moved through menopause in six months.
About Jacinda Shapiro:
Jacinda Shapiro, RN, CDCES, DipACLM is the owner of EmpowerMe Diabetes Health in St. Petersburg, Florida. With over 27 years of nursing experience, she uses plant-predominant nutrition, gut health restoration, and lifestyle medicine to help people with diabetes, autoimmune conditions, and complex metabolic disease get to the root cause, not just manage symptoms.
Connect with Jacinda Shapiro:
EmpowerMe Diabetes Health
Instagram @empower_me_diabetes_health
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