Find your health sweet spot

with Dr. Richard Maurer

How can you tell if a dietary recommendation is right for you? Is there a diet that works for everyone? What is the best way to measure what works or doesn’t work for you? How can you find your own health “sweet spot?”

Dr. Richard Maurer helps us understand what he considers the best, most objective way to measure your health and find your sweet spot: blood work. Richard is a licensed naturopathic doctor and the author of “The Blood Code: Unlock the secrets of your metabolism.”

In today’s episode, he explains in simple terms which tests are key to evaluate our metabolism and overall health. He also tells the story of how he found his own metabolic “sweet spot” after becoming pre-diabetic at forty years old.

He has specific tips that will help you avoid common dietary pitfalls and lead you to your own health sweet spot!

Notes

How can you tell if a dietary recommendation is right for you? Is there a diet that works for everyone? What is the best way to measure what works or doesn’t work for you?Would you like to find your health “sweet spot?” In today’s episode, Dr.Richard Maurer helps us understand what he considers the best, most objective way to do this and to measure health: blood work. Richard is a licensed naturopathic doctor and the author of “The Blood Code: Unlock the secrets of your metabolism.”
He explains in simple terms which tests are key to evaluate our metabolism and overall health. He also tells his own story of how he reached his own metabolic “sweet spot” after becoming pre-diabetic at forty years old.

Highlights from this conversation include:

Why one diet might not work for everybody.
How to determine if you are on the right path for your health.
What to look for to make sure you are doing what is right for you and not just following dietary trends
Why blood work is the best way to evaluate our health and why energy levels are not a reliable marker of health.
why high carb/low fat isn’t the way to go for everyone
What tests are key and how to ask for them
The place of the Wise Traditions diet in modern society
The true measure of high cholesterol
What a good lipid panel should look like
What insulin results really mean