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Today, the amazing, smart, and talented Melanie Avalon joins me once again! Melanie is a SAG-AFTRA actress, author of What When Wine: Lose Weight and Feel Great with Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, and Wine, host of the top iTunes podcasts The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast, and The Intermittent Fasting Podcast with Gin Stephens, and she has appeared on this podcast twice before. Melanie is certified as a wine specialist by the WSET and as a holistic nutritionist by the AFPA. She is also a member of MENSA. Melanie developed the top iTunes app, \u201cFood Sense Guide", to help those with food sensitivities, and she currently runs three rapidly growing Facebook groups.\nA few months ago, Melanie and I had a long conversation and decided to do two episodes at the same time. The first was Episode 143, which aired in April. In that episode, we focused on biohacking, for which Melanie is well-known. For today\u2019s episode, we pivot and focus on blood sugar dysregulation. Melanie and I will bring you up to speed with everything you need to know about managing your blood sugar, tapping into the intrinsic hormonal regulation in your body, and ensuring that your blood sugar is well supported. Stay tuned for more!\xa0\nIN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:\n\nHow Melanie first became interested in the science of dieting.\n\nMelanie talks about metabolic flexibility, the amount of energy stored in our body fat, and the purpose of insulin.\n\nWhy your bio-individuality needs to be taken into account when figuring out the best diet.\n\nWhat a continuous glucose monitor is, what it does, and the benefits of using it.\n\nWhy Melanie decided to bring carbs back into her diet.\n\nWhy Melanie feels that the definitions of low fat, high carb versus a high fat, low carb are so important.\n\nDairy is a hormonal food designed for growth.\n\nMelanie talks about the Lumen, which is one of the easiest biohacking devices to use.\n\nMelanie discusses the Biosense ketone meter.\n\n\nConnect with Cynthia Thurlow\nFollow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn\nCheck out Cynthia\u2019s website\xa0\nConnect with Melanie Avalon\nOn Facebook or PaleoOMAD, or Clean Beauty and Safe Skin Care\xa0\nOn Twitter\xa0\nOn her website\nThe Intermittent Fasting Podcast\nThe Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast\nBooks mentioned:\xa0\nThe Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf