Reverse Diabetes with Ayurveda & Chinese Medicine | Stacy Naugle

About this episode:

This episode explores how holistic, plant-rich diets and Eastern medicine can play a transformative role in reversing and managing diabetes. Stacy Naugle, a licensed East Asian medicine practitioner and yoga teacher, brings extensive experience in clinical care and indigenous health practices. Join host Cate Stillman and Stacy as they discuss bridging Western science with ancient wellness traditions, the importance of gut health, and practical strategies for sustainable behavior change.

Key Takeaways: 

  • The microbiome is key: Stacy explains how gut health and diverse, fiber-rich diets foster robust microbiomes, impacting inflammation, blood sugar regulation, cravings, and long-term wellness.
  • Reversing diabetes with food: Learn why tracking 30 different whole foods weekly is a practical goal for gut and metabolic health—and why beans, legumes, colorful veggies, and whole grains are diabetes superfoods.
  • Microbiome & addiction: Insights into how processed foods, chemical exposure, and dysbiosis foster addiction and cravings, and why cleaning up your diet can shift what your body wants.
  • Fasting & fat metabolism: Hear about fasting-mimicking diets, their potential for healing, and how adjusting strategies for prediabetes or long-term type 2 diabetes yields powerful results.
  • Eastern wisdom: Stacy outlines how East Asian and Ayurvedic medicine tailor approaches to each individual’s constitutional makeup, not just “the disease,” and how emotional health and self-love play fundamental roles in physical healing.

 

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👩‍💼 About Cate Stillman:

Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. With over 20 years of guiding wellness pros and conscious seekers, she empowers people to unlock deep healing, body intelligence, and aligned leadership. Cate is also the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.

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  • PRIMAL HABITS: https://amzn.to/3OvfPOx
  • Uninflamed: https://amzn.to/3UUBgJ2 
  • Body Thrive: https://amzn.to/3udNFR0
  • Master of YOU: https://amzn.to/3OlfoGn

 

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