Beating Diabetes with Simple Systems, Soluble Fiber & Self-Forgiveness with Chris Reade

About this episode

Chris Reade shares his journey of overcoming diabetes through simple systems and lifestyle changes.

In this episode of The MADLOVE Your Life Show , Mary Dee sits down with Chris Reade , longtime tech founder, community builder, and author of Beating Diabetes . Chris is the president and founder of Carrollton Enterprise Services and LookFar, two Gulf South technology firms behind major disaster recovery and government-scale projects. After a routine life insurance screening, Chris went from "totally fine" to a full-blown diabetes reading in under a year. His doctor called it a progressive, incurable disease and immediately reached for medications. Chris' programmer brain wasn't having it. Instead of accepting that future, he dug into the science, built a simple system around soluble fiber, movement, stress reduction, and forgiveness, and brought his A1C back into a normal range without insulin or extreme dieting. Together, Mary and Chris explore how you can apply the same "systems over willpower" approach to your own health, even if you've struggled with food, stress, or consistency for years. You'll hear: How a botched life insurance renewal became Chris' wake-up call on diabetes Why soluble fiber is a game changer for blood sugar (and where to actually find it on a menu) How…

People in this episode

Host: Mary Dee

Guest: Chris Reade

Topics covered

• diabetes management
• health systems
• soluble fiber
• self-forgiveness
• blood sugar control

Keywords

• diabetes
• soluble fiber
• blood sugar
• health systems
• self-forgiveness
• movement
• stress reduction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carrollton Enterprise Services, LookFar

Books & works: Beating Diabetes

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