The Silent Killer: How to Keep it at Bay with Food

"You only get one life. Make the best of it." - Kristina Koob,
Boot Camp Challenge Camper


Food IS medicine. It CAN heal. Kristina is living proof of
it.


In my latest podcast, Kristina sits down with me and shares
how suddenly last year she just wasn't feeling well. Always
going to the bathroom. Always thirsty. Just feeling "off," she
says, and she thought to herself... well, maybe
it's menopause. She went to the doctor and got the news
she most dreaded: She had Type 2 diabetes, the same disease she
watched take the life of her 70-year old aunt.


We hear about diabetes all the time, but what exactly is it?


Well, first of all, you could be one of the MILLIONS in line to
get it right now and not even know it.


Diabetes is a life-long disease that affects the way your
body handles glucose, a kind of sugar, in your blood. Most people
with the condition have type 2. There are about 27 million people
in the U.S. with it. Another 86 million have prediabetes:
their blood glucose is not normal, but not high enough to be
diabetes yet.


If you've ever struggled with picking out foods for weight loss
or just to make healthier choices, imagine if your life depended
on it. Kristina spent hours and hours in grocery store aisles,
dissecting and investigating food labels and discovered first
hand just how deceiving packaging can be-- what you think is
healthy is not necessarily healthy at all. Then, imagine also
having to give yourself an insulin shot. Every. Single. Day.
For Kristina, that was no way to live. 


"I still want to be golfing when I'm 80."


So, she made a choice. And, this is what surprised me the
most. She was going to go into full-on battle with
this disease armed with... FOOD & EXERCISE.


The information she shares about how simply jumping around her
house or eating an apple can change her blood sugar levels is
astonishing when you think about it. What if we all had a
way to actually SEE the physiological effects of the food we are
putting inside our bodies IMMEDIATELY? It would
change our whole paradigm. If your body could just ring an alarm
that would scream, "THIS is what you're doing to me when you do
this or when you DON'T move your
body!" This realization would kick in
FAST: You have ONE BODY. Nourish it. Feed it well.
Honor it. Kristina listened to her body. And, guess
what!? Kristina is NO LONGER on insulin. 


If you have time, please take a listen to Kristina's story. We
asked that she share it in hopes that it would maybe help you or
someone you love. If you have time to listen, I truly believe it
will not just motivate you to go look inside your pantry
right now, but EMPOWER you to make the right food
choices. 


As always, thank you much for spending some time with me today.


Much love, xoxo