The "Healthy" Foods That Are Quietly Spiking Your Insulin

About this episode

Ruth Soukup discusses how seemingly healthy foods can spike insulin levels and hinder weight loss efforts.

You're not failing. You've been fooled. The foods that were keeping me stuck, tired, inflamed, holding onto weight no matter what I did, were not the cookies. They weren't the candy. They weren't the obvious junk. They were the foods I was eating because I was trying to be healthy. The yogurt. The smoothie. The protein bar. The granola. The whole-grain everything. The stuff with the little health halo on the front of the package that made me feel good about my choices. And the whole time, the...

People in this episode

Host: Ruth Soukup

Topics covered

• healthy eating
• insulin resistance
• weight loss
• midlife wellness
• nutrition misconceptions

Keywords

• insulin
• healthy foods
• weight loss
• nutrition
• midlife women

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