{"podcast":{"title":"About Health and Hormones","slug":"about-health-and-hormones-6620336","podcast_index_feed_id":6620336,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/healthandhormonesla/","website_url":"https://healthandhormonesla.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3d6f628e-b5da-46c3-bf21-54e02cce7cb8/kXfBrbpDnxDIHIgLmnjsCc7v.jpg","author":"Lauren Allen","episode_count":105,"summary":"Welcome to the about health and hormones podcast. I'm your host, Lauren Allen, a recovered sugar addict turned certified nutrition coach on a mission to help women learn how to balance their hormones and optimize their fertility. On this podcast, we have conversations with experts about all things, health hormones, wellness, nutrition, and more to give you the information tips and tricks you need to take control of your health and feel amazing in your body. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T20:19:15.772222+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/about-health-and-hormones-6620336"},"episode":{"title":"It's Not You, It's Your Blood Sugar: The Connection Between Blood Sugar, Mood Swings, Anxiety, and PMS.","slug":"it-s-not-you-it-s-your-blood-sugar-the-connection-between-blood-sugar-mood-swings-anxiety-and-pms","published_at":"2026-06-23T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/about-health-and-hormones-6620336/it-s-not-you-it-s-your-blood-sugar-the-connection-between-blood-sugar-mood-swings-anxiety-and-pms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/about-health-and-hormones-6620336","url":"https://healthandhormonesla.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a3cd40e6-78a7-44b3-880d-eaad1816f0c0.mp3","summary":"I’m excited to announce that my live, four-week Balance Your Hormones 101 program is officially open again! This course includes comprehensive hormone education along with four live Q&A sessions where you can get your questions answered directly. As a podcast listener, you can save 20% with the code PODCAST at laurenallenutrition.com. Join here : https://www.laurenallennutrition.com/balance-your-hormones-101 In this episode, I’m talking about the hidden connection between blood sugar and your mood, anxiety, PMS, energy, sleep, and overall well-being. I share my own story of growing up on a high-sugar diet and struggling with daily anxiety, only to see a dramatic improvement within weeks of reducing refined sugar and eating meals that supported stable blood sugar. I also share stories from clients who experienced improvements in depression, anxiety, energy levels, marriage, and parenting simply by focusing on blood sugar balance. I explain how blood sugar spikes and crashes trigger insulin, cortisol, and adrenaline, contributing to chronic stress, inflammation, and disruptions in neurotransmitter function. We’ll also discuss how modern foods and drinks make it easier than ever to get caught in this cycle. Listen in as I Share: Why blood sugar impacts far more than just weight and diabetes risk How blood sugar fluctuations can contribute to anxiety, mood swings, PMS, and poor sleep The signs of unstable blood sugar, including shakiness, energy crashes, cravings, waking between 2–4 a.m., severe PMS, and dependence on caffeine Simple strategies to stabilize blood sugar, including eating regular meals, reducing added sugars and refined carbohydrates, building balanced meals, prioritizing sleep, and moving your body How improving blood sugar balance can positively affect…","meta_description":"I’m excited to announce that my live, four-week Balance Your Hormones 101 program is officially open again! This course includes comprehensive hormone edu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3109,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/about-health-and-hormones-6620336/episodes/it-s-not-you-it-s-your-blood-sugar-the-connection-between-blood-sugar-mood-swings-anxiety-and-pms/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/about-health-and-hormones-6620336/it-s-not-you-it-s-your-blood-sugar-the-connection-between-blood-sugar-mood-swings-anxiety-and-pms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}