216 Why Lowering Your Blood Sugar Isn't Fixing Your Insulin Resistance, Especially with Hashimoto's, with Dr. Jason Shumard

About this episode

In this episode, Inna Topiler and Dr. Jason Shumard discuss the relationship between blood sugar levels and insulin resistance, particularly in the context of Hashimoto's disease.

If you have Hashimoto's and have been told your blood sugar is "borderline" or "fine for now," this conversation will change how you think about it. Inna sits down with Dr. Jason Shumard, a functional medicine practitioner with more than two decades of experience in diabetes and insulin resistance, to unpack why blood sugar troubles and thyroid autoimmunity so often travel together. The surprising takeaway is that elevated blood sugar usually isn't a sugar problem at all. It's a signal that something has gone wrong at the level of the cell, and chasing the number alone tends to leave the real issue untouched. Dr. Jason walks through what's actually happening when insulin can no longer do its job, and why the receptors on your cells stop responding in the first place. He explains the role that hidden drivers like infections, mold, heavy metals, chronic inflammation and everyday stress play in keeping the cycle going, and why these overlap so heavily with the same triggers behind Hashimoto's. He and Inna also dig into the lab markers worth paying attention to beyond a basic glucose reading, the optimal ranges he looks for, and the simple ratio already sitting on most standard…

People in this episode

Host: Inna Topiler

Guest: Dr. Jason Shumard

Topics covered

• carbohydrates
• blood sugar
• insulin resistance
• Hashimoto's
• functional medicine
• chronic inflammation

Keywords

• blood sugar
• insulin resistance
• Hashimoto's
• functional medicine
• chronic inflammation
• carbohydrates
• GLP-1 medications
• health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hashimoto's, diabetes, insulin resistance, GLP-1

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