Mary Alice Volkert: Low/High Symptoms & A1C 

In this episode, Maggie and Mary Alice discuss: 

·         How your stress hormones affect your body when your blood sugar is low. 

·         How people’s symptoms can be different for the same thing. 

·         How elevated blood sugar levels can affect you (as your blood gets more syrupy). 

·         What glycated hemoglobin is and how it negatively affects your body.  

Podcast Nuggets- Small bits of insight, consume without calories: 

·         If you’re blood sugar levels are low, your brain doesn’t have the glucose available to put two thoughts together. 

·         The speed with which your blood sugar is moving can really cause symptoms to occur if they are unstable. 

·         It’s all about stability. 

·         An A1C of 7 is like having a blood sugar of 150. 

"It’s up to the individual to try to achieve the steadiest blood sugars that they can with whatever means they can. Whether it’s just with diet and exercise or with your insulin, hopefully with a pump or something that will give you the steady state as much as possible." — Mary Alice Volkert 

About Mary Alice: Mary Alice Volkert, MS,RDN,LD,CDE has been a Registered and Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist since 1978 and a Certified Diabetes Educator since 1986. Her degrees are in Foods and Nutrition (BS) and Hospital Dietetics (MS). She’s has had Type 1 Diabetes since 1965 (and is still upright!). Mary Alice engages patients in a positive way, carefully listening for ways to achieve healthy success! 

Connect with Mary Alice Volkert: 

Website:  www.helpmeeatright.com 

Email:  mava@att.net 

Phone: (713) 668-2759 

Connect with Maggie: 

Website:  SweetLifeNOW.com 

Email:  Maggie@SweetLifeNOW.com 

Show Notes by Podcastologist/Show Producer: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie 

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.