High Performance Health Podcasts -465
How Stress and Missing Nutrients Impact Women's Blood Glucose Control and Metabolic Health
What if the key to balancing your blood sugar, boosting energy, and easing hormonal symptoms wasn’t just about cutting carbs—but about nourishing your nervous system and replenishing overlooked nutrients?
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What if the key to balancing your blood sugar, boosting energy, and easing hormonal symptoms wasn’t just about cutting carbs—but about nourishing your nervous system and replenishing overlooked nutrients? In this deeply insightful episode, I sit down with Lara Briden, renowned naturopathic doctor and author of The Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual, to unpack the profound connection between stress, metabolic health, and the autonomic nervous system.
Together, we explore why stress management is non-negotiable for women—especially during perimenopause—and how five often-missing metabolic nutrients can be game-changers for insulin sensitivity, sleep, mood, and hormone function. If you've been feeling overwhelmed, foggy, or just not yourself lately, this episode might hold the answers your body’s been asking for.
Key Takeaways
Timestamps and Key Topics
00:00 – Introduction
00:41 – Nervous system’s role in metabolism
02:35 – HRV tracking and daily stress load
03:13 – Ovulation as a metabolic health marker
05:25 – 5 key missing nutrients for women
07:41 – How to dose inositol for results
08:33 – Glycine for calming and detox support
10:39 – How berberine supports gut and glucose
11:33 – The Lara Briden Stack for perimenopause
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Packed full of actionable insights, strategies, bio hacks, lifestyle hacks, mindset strategies and expert performance advice, Angela Foster is on a mission to optimise your human potential. Featuring interviews with some of the top experts on the planet in the fields of health, performance and business, this show aims to inspire, educate and empower you to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.
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About Angela
Angela Foster is an award winning Nutritionist, Health & Performance Coach, Keynote Speaker and Host of The High Performance Health Podcast.
A former corporate lawyer turned industry leader in biohacking and health optimisation for women, Angela regularly gives keynotes to large fitness, health and wellness events including the Health Optimisation summit, The Biohacker summit, Dragonfly live, Elevate Fitness conference and Gaia TV. She also delivers Health Optimisation and Performance Workshops to large multinational corporations and senior leaders with a strong focus on women’s health and burnout prevention.
Angela is also the creator of BioSyncing® a blueprint for high performing women who want to ditch burnout, harmonise their hormones and elevate their life.
Angela is a functional nutrition practitioner and executive health & performance coach.
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