Midlife Metabolic Truth with Jacinda Shapiro, Part 2: The Practical
In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Jacinda Shapiro steps back from the science and gets into what it actually looks like to live a metabolically healthy life. From the myth of moderation to what your CGM is really telling you, to how she moved through menopause in six months, this is where the conversation gets actionable.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Why "moderation" does not work when the foods in question are drivers of chronic disease
- The truth about CGMs: why your oatmeal is not the problem when blood sugar spikes after eating it
- How to navigate health change when your household is not on board
- What Lifestyle Medicine actually looks like in practice and why community matters
- How Jacinda moved through menopause in six months using a plant-based diet and daily soy
- Why high fat intake, including from nuts and seeds, can drive menopausal symptoms
- Her simple framework: fiber up, fat down
Missed Part 1? Start with Episode 26, where we cover insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, the gut microbiome, statins, and why more medications have not flattened the curve on metabolic disease.
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. She also works with Mastering Diabetes and contributes to the Moving Medicine Forward initiative.
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