{"podcast":{"title":"Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World","slug":"pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-737525","podcast_index_feed_id":737525,"rss_url":"https://melissaknorris.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://melissaknorris.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/d/e/8/fde8d3640d215ebd16c3140a3186d450/2025_Art_5.jpg","author":"Melissa K Norris","episode_count":300,"summary":"Pioneering Today is all about getting back to basics, simple living, and self-sufficiency with old-fashioned skills and wisdom in a modern world. With heirloom gardening, canning, preserving the harvest, from scratch cooking, raising your own food, including livestock (backyard chickens, pigs, and cattle), natural medicine, herbs, DIY like soap making along with living a simple self-sufficient life, no matter where you live. Hosted by 5th generation homesteader, Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life. This podcast brings you the conversation from MelissaKNorris.com and The Pioneering Today Academy, with Q&A's, teaching, tutorials, and always giving you practical ways and tips to live the simple and self-sufficient life.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T00:20:31.134581+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pioneering-today-podcast-homesteading-in-a-modern-world-737525"},"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-737525/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-737525","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-737525/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-737525/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."}]}}