05/31/2026
📣I want to be clear that the people who come to me after trying to fix their blood sugar on their own are not doing anything wrong.
🚩The information available online is simply incomplete. And incomplete information produces incomplete results.
Mistake 1️⃣
Cutting carbohydrates without addressing cortisol. Low-carbohydrate diets reduce glucose load and can improve fasting metrics. But for someone running high cortisol from chronic stress, sleep deprivation, or HPA axis dysregulation, cutting carbs without addressing the cortisol piece often worsens the morning blood sugar surge, increases cravings in the afternoon and evening, and stresses the system further. Carbohydrates support serotonin production and help buffer cortisol. Removing them entirely from a stressed body often backfires.
Mistake 2️⃣
Using supplements without knowing your specific driver. Berberine, chromium, cinnamon, alpha-lipoic acid, inositol. These are all legitimate blood sugar support tools. But berberine works primarily through AMPK activation and is most relevant for insulin resistance with glucose overload. Inositol is specifically relevant for insulin resistance in PCOS. Alpha-lipoic acid supports mitochondrial glucose metabolism. Using them without knowing which mechanism is most relevant to your pattern is guessing. It might help somewhat. It probably will not produce lasting change.
Mistake 3️⃣
Treating blood sugar as a diet problem when it is also a sleep problem, a stress problem, and a gut problem. One night of poor sleep produces insulin resistance measurable the following morning. Chronic gut dysbiosis impairs GLP-1 secretion and short-chain fatty acid production, both of which support blood sugar regulation. A blood sugar protocol that only addresses food is working with one quarter of the picture.
🔎Investigation is what turns incomplete information into a complete approach.