{"podcast":{"title":"Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World","slug":"pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-2594798","podcast_index_feed_id":2594798,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/MelissaknorrissPodcast","website_url":"https://melissaknorris.com","image_url":"https://melissaknorris.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PioneeringTodayPodcast.jpg","author":"Melissa K. Norris 5th Generation Homesteader (melissa@melissaknorris.com)","episode_count":300,"summary":"Want to get back to the basics of raising your own food, cooking from scratch, preserving the harvest, and knowing how to do it yourself? Join 5th generation homesteader, Melissa K. Norris, on the Pioneering Today Podcast where we share how to raise, cook and preserve your own food with old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom for a more natural and self-sufficient home, with, or without, the homestead. We cover organic gardening, home food preservation from canning, dehydrating, fermenting, root cellar, and more, traditional cooking skills, organic and natural home and body care recipes, natural health, growing and building your own natural medicine cabinet, foraging, livestock, and everything else you need for modern homesteading.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-2594798"},"episode":{"title":"The Blood Sugar Loop Keeping You Stuck (And How to Break It) | 502","slug":"the-blood-sugar-loop-keeping-you-stuck-and-how-to-break-it-502","published_at":"2026-03-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-2594798/the-blood-sugar-loop-keeping-you-stuck-and-how-to-break-it-502","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-2594798","url":"https://melissaknorris.libsyn.com/the-blood-sugar-loop-keeping-you-stuck-and-how-to-break-it-502","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/melissaknorris/Pioneering_Today_502.mp3?dest-id=151382","summary":"Are you eating healthy, exercising, and still struggling to lose weight? For many women—especially in their late 30s and 40s—the issue may not be calories at all. It may be insulin resistance and blood sugar imbalance. In today's episode, I'm talking with Ruth Soukup about the hidden blood sugar loop that keeps so many women stuck with fatigue, cravings, and stubborn weight gain. Ruth shares how she lost nearly 50 pounds by focusing on metabolic health instead of traditional dieting, and we talk through practical steps you can begin using today to stabilize blood sugar and support hormone balance naturally. If you've felt frustrated with diet advice that no longer works, this conversation may be exactly what you need to hear. What You'll Learn: What insulin resistance is and why it's so common today Why dieting harder often backfires How blood sugar imbalance affects hormones and metabolism Foods that help stabilize blood sugar Why walking after meals can help regulate glucose How small daily habits can restore metabolic flexibility For more information, be sure to check out the blog post here: https://melissaknorris.com/502 Resources Mentioned: The Whole Health Reset: https://melissaknorris.com/the-whole-health-reset Thin Adapted System with Ruth: https://thinlicious.com/program 10 Day Sugar Detox with Ruth: https://www.getthinlicious.com/detox If you found this helpful, be sure to subscribe for more conversations on traditional living, health, homesteading, and from-scratch skills.","meta_description":"Are you eating healthy, exercising, and still struggling to lose weight? For many women—especially in their late 30s and 40s—the issue may not be calories…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3382,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-2594798/episodes/the-blood-sugar-loop-keeping-you-stuck-and-how-to-break-it-502/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-2594798/the-blood-sugar-loop-keeping-you-stuck-and-how-to-break-it-502.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}