The Free Quit Sugar Summit with over 30 speakers/presentations starts today! There are sessions all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (mine is Sunday afternoon). More details, the link to sign up, and a full list of the speakers below...
Many of you know the story of our family, and how Chris almost died and went on to reverse his Type 2 Diabetes. I was very proud to share the story of our family and our lifestyle as a part of the Type 2 Diabetes Summit. In this session I shared not only our lifestyle changes but the physical addiction to food. My main message is that we will never find lasting healing until you address both sides of that coin. I thought being a perfect carnivore would erase my struggle. It didn't, until I addressed both the physical and emotional sides.
Proceeds from this event go to support the American Diabetes Society (the society started by Dr. Berry as a low carb alternative to the ADA). Join me and 30+ incredible Drs, experts, and speakers sharing their personal stories at this virtual event, I encourage you to check it out.
Quit Sugar Summit Registration Link:
https://quitsugarsummit.com/type-2-diabetes-summit?a_aid=avrjm6ocoq9vz&a_bid=797a7e53
Full Schedule:
FRIDAY, JUNE 26 - DAY 1:
⭐ Dr. Jason Fung
Dr. Rob Kiltz
Dave Feldman
Judy Cho
Cynthia Thurlow
Dr. Philip Ovadia
Dr. Robert Lufkin
Dr. David Cavan
Temple Stewart, RD
Courtney Luna
Dr. Elizabeth Bright
SATURDAY, JUNE 27 - DAY 2:
⭐ Dr. Eric Westman
Dr. Tim Noakes
Dr. David Unwin
Dr. Zoe Harcombe
Dr. Mariela Glandt
Dr. Andrew Koutnik
Dr. Amie Hornaman
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella
Shana Hussin
Michelle Hurn, RD
Kelly Hogan
SUNDAY, JUNE 28 - DAY 3:
⭐ Dr. Ken Berry (headliner)
Gary Taubes
Dr. Anthony Chaffee
Dr. Rob Cywes
Dr. Sean O'Mara
Dr. Boz
Dr. Beverly Yates
Dr. Brian Mowll
Laura Spath
Shannon Davis, RDN, LD
Dr. Roger Seheult
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
As you know Dr Bikman is a favorite of mine and last night I saw this post that had me thinking. We tend to focus on this metric and that blood marker, but what's also very important, and likely the strongest indicator of our health as this study shows, is our vitality. How strong are you pushing through this world. BP can be an indicator of big problems, at the same time, someone can be healthy while having higher BP. Interesting to ponder.
Have you ever tested grip strength? What are you doing to keep strength or gain it?
Today I ate two ribeyes and some hard boiled eggs. These were small ribeyes. I had to surprisingly go into work early due to a family emergency and my boss called right after I ate. Great timing!! While getting gas I did squats. I didn't even care if anyone saw...I am trying to add exercise into odd times. Getting gas squats, awkward min of not sure what to do next counter top pushups, that kind of stuff. I felt like my arms had more muscle today! Fyi....my husband who is also carnivore has decided to give up cheese and peanut butter...his two evening treats to himself. I am thrilled and I think he will be happy with the results.
