Episode 35: Real Life Case Study! Why Chris' Energy Tanked After Starting to Eat Healthier (And Why It Was a Sign It Was Actually Working!)

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Joanne shares a real-life client case study to explain why energy can dip when starting to eat healthier and why it indicates progress.

Send us your questions & comments In this episode, Joanne shares a real-life client case study to explain why energy can actually dip when you first start eating healthier — and why that doesn’t mean something is going wrong. Using the real life story of “Chris,” a client navigating fatigue, cravings, blood sugar crashes, poor sleep, and prediabetes, Joanne walks through what she calls the recalibration phase: that awkward but important stage where the body is learning how to stabil...

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Host: Joanne

Topics covered

• energy levels
• healthy eating
• fatigue
• blood sugar
• prediabetes

Keywords

• recalibration phase
• cravings
• poor sleep

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