#73 Normal A1C, Still Struggling? The Truth About Insulin Resistance With Beverly Mazza (Part 1)

🔗 Resources Mentioned

• Beverly Mazza - website
• Follow Beverly Mazza on instagram
• The Complete Prediabetes Checklist: 10 Steps to Lower Blood Sugar for Women in Perimenopause
• Link to Lindsie's Mindful to Mind-full Workshop on March 15th at noon Eastern

📚 In this episode we cover:

• Why Hormone Shifts Change More Than Your Cycle
• The Insulin-Glucose Relationship (In Simple Terms)
• Why A1C Isn’t the Full Story
• Hemoglobin A1C is a 3-month average. It does not show: Daily spikes and crashes, Post-meal glucose surges, Elevated fasting insulin levels, Early insulin resistance patterns
• You can have: Normal A1C, Normal fasting glucose, High fasting insulin - an early metabolic red flag.
• Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs): Not Just for Diabetes, CGMs are now available over-the-counter in the U.S. as biosensors.
• Body Composition vs. The Scale: Weight alone doesn’t tell the story.

The most powerful takeaways:

• Not everyone needs to start with food or exercise.
• Sometimes the first lever is: Sleep, Stress regulation, Nervous system safety, Capacity building
• You cannot optimize hormones in a chronically dysregulated body.
• As Lindsie emphasizes:
  Your body must feel safe before it will change.

Big Themes from This Conversation

• Hormones and metabolism are inseparable.
• Insulin resistance often shows up before diabetes.
• Weight gain is not always a willpower problem.
• Generic “eat less, move more” advice misses context.
• Sleep and stress directly affect blood sugar.
• Your season of life determines your strategy.
• You are not broken — you are in a hormonal shift.

💬 Memorable Lines

• “We’re not just pushing through. We’re optimizing.”
• “Insulin is the key — but when the locks get rusty, the body has to work harder.”
• “The goal is to figure out which lever to pull first.”
• “You are not broken. Your body is giving you data.”

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