Are you ready to live? Really live that feeling good life you desire to live? Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Feeling Good Podcast, it’s great to be alive. On this feel good day I expose some of the myths about diabetes.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[1:14] Go to carsonnatural.com/resources for a variety of free resources to help you live a healthier life, including a simple test to find out if you are pre-diabetec.

[1:49] Today Dr. Phil will expose some of the myths about diabetes.

[3:26] Public health authorities can do little to change the diabetes epidemic. The methods they are using do not work. It is up to you and I to make a change.

[5:20] Myth #1: “Diabetes always gets worse.” This is not true. Type II Diabetes is preventable, controllable, and reversible.

[6:17] Myth #2: “Diabetes is genetic. You just have to learn to live with it.” This is not true. Lifestyle can trump genetics, even if you are genetically predisposed for diabetes.

[8:12] Myth #3: “As long as you take your medicine, diabetes is not a big deal.” You need to take care of yourself and not rely on a drug to take care of you because it can’t do it. There are horrible side effects and sometimes the drugs make the problem worse.

[11:07] This episode’s Feeling Good Superhero is someone who is on the frontlines trying to help people fight the diabetes epidemic. This person is Dr. Laura Washington of the Life Transformation Medical Center. Dr. Laura and Dr. Phil work together to help patients and combine traditional medical care with natural solutions. She teaches diabetics how to prolong their lives and reverse their diabetes. Dr. Phil is thankful to be a part of what she does and helping diabetic patients get control of their lives. Thank you Dr. Laura for helping people to get off of their diabetes medication.

[13:13] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[13:27] The holidays are here and Dr. Phil will be sharing a lot of information to help you enjoy the holidays healthfully in his weekly newsletter. If you are not subscribed to Dr. Phil’s newsletter, reach out to him at or go to to his site for free resources and subscribe. He shares new offers for his listeners and followers each week via the newsletter.

[14:18] Please check out the free resources at carsonnatural.com/resources and check out Carson Natural Health on Facebook, and join Dr. Phil every Friday, during the noonday hour, Central Time, for his weekly Facebook Live broadcast called Feeling Good Fridays—broadcast from a different location every week.

[14:47] Have health questions or are you interested in free resources? Visit carsonnatural.com for free resources or for a question, click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected].

Mentioned in This Episode of The Feeling Good Podcast:

Carson Natural

Carson Natural Health & Wellness Consulting – Facebook page

Life Transformation Medical Center

Dr. Laura Washington

Email your questions to: [email protected]

Ask Dr. Phil Microphone

Seven Keys for Healthy Living Guide

Feeling Good Fridays on Facebook Live

Are you ready to live? Really live that feeling good life you desire to live? Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Feeling Good Podcast, it’s great to be alive. On this feel good day we will talk about specific measures you can take to prevent diabetes and two treatments that can help with insulin resistance.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[1:11] Go to carsonnatural.com/resources for a variety of free resources to help you live a healthier life.

[1:58] Almost 10% of the U.S. population has diabetes. Diabetes can be prevented and be reversed.

[2:53] Dr. Phil talks about two kinds of resistance that are the underlying cause of diabetes: insulin resistance and people’s resistance to change their lifestyle.

[3:33] What is insulin resistance and how does it lead to Type II Diabetes?

[7:02] Dr. Phil believes that Type II Diabetes and insulin resistance can be reversed. You can do something to make a difference.

[7:17] Dr. Phil recommends two treatments that work extremely well for insulin resistance. One treatment is to take a small dose of a mineral called Chromium.

[9:12] Insulin resistance occurs in two health problems present in some women. One, PCOS and the other, gestational diabetes. Chromium deficiency could play an important role in helping women with these issues.

[9:53] Chromium levels decrease with age, so talk to your healthcare provider to see if you may need to supplement Chromium in your diet. Keep a close watch on your blood levels if you start taking Chromium.

[11:05] The second treatment to help with insulin resistance is to change your diet. If you want to see some significant changes in your blood glucose levels, then you have to make lifestyle changes. You can’t be resistant to change. Start with a balanced diet.

[11:56] The standard American diet is killing us and we have to stop it. We have got to change.

[12:32] Reach out to Dr. Phil and he can help you balance all of the macronutrients that you eat.

[13:50] Remember two things to help you with insulin resistance: take a Chromium supplement and eat a balanced diet.

[14:03] This episode’s Feeling Good Superhero is Sam. Sam was having a hard time controlling blood sugar and was taking a lot of diabetes medications to try to control it. Dr. Phil recommended to Sam that he take Chromium supplements as well as make some dietary changes and the combination made a big difference in Sam’s life. He was able to get his sugar levels under control. If you are diabetic, and you decide to take Chromium, make sure you work with a local health provider or reach out to Dr. Phil.

[16:40] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[17:01] Please check out the free resources at carsonnatural.com/resources and check out Carson Natural Health on Facebook, and join Dr. Phil every Friday, during the noonday hour, Central Time, for his weekly Facebook Live broadcast called Feeling Good Fridays—broadcast from a different location every week.

[17:49] Dr. Phil will be sharing a NEW mini-course: How to Avoid the Holiday Humps, Slumps, and Bumps. This course will be especially helpful for people who want to enjoy all the parties and fun over the holidays, but not add on that extra weight. Dr. Phil has learned some things to keep that from happening, and he shares this in the mini-course he will be emailing out to subscribers. If you are not subscribed to Dr. Phil’s weekly newsletter, reach out to him at or go to to his site for free resources and subscribe. He shares new offers for his listeners and followers each week via the newsletter.

[19:52] Have health questions or are you interested in free resources? Visit carsonnatural.com for free resources or for a question, click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected].

Mentioned in This Episode of The Feeling Good Podcast:

Carson Natural

Carson Natural Health & Wellness Consulting – Facebook page

Life Transformation Medical Center

Dr. Laura Washington

Email your questions to: [email protected]

Ask Dr. Phil Microphone

Seven Keys for Healthy Living Guide

Feeling Good Fridays on Facebook Live

Are you ready to live? Really live that feeling good life you desire to live? Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Feeling Good Podcast, it’s great to be alive. On this feel-good day, we will be talking about the diabetes epidemic. November is Diabetes Awareness Month and we will be talking about prevention, reversal, and management of diabetes in each episode this month.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[1:04] Go to carsonnatural.com/resources for a variety of free resources to help you live a healthier life.

[1:27] Dr. Phil just left Memphis, Tenn., the city of blues and barbecues. There are a lot of people today singing the blues because they have diabetes. The most famous bluesman, B.B. King, passed away a couple of years ago with complications of diabetes.

[2:14] All this month, Dr. Phil will be talking about diabetes and the diabetes epidemic in the United States, because November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Dr. Phil wants to make you aware of the problems of diabetes, and also of a condition you may not know you have.

[2:37] That condition is prediabetes. It is a serious health condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.

[2:54] Approximately 84 million Americans — that’s about 1 in 3 — have prediabetes. 90% of those with prediabetes don’t know they have it. That’s alarming! Prediabetes puts you at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and even stroke.

[3:03] It’s time to get checked! There is a simple quiz you can take at the CDC website that will give you an indication that you possibly have prediabetes. Dr. Phil would also highly recommend that you have your blood sugar checked if you have any inkling that you may have prediabetes or if you have a family history of diabetes.

[4:07] Dr. Phil has a very special guest interview on this episode. Dr. Phil interviewed his friend Corie Jones. Corie is an awesome young lady with a great prediabetes story that Dr. Phil wants her to share with you.

[4:39] Dr. Phil highly recommends all listeners, if you know someone right now that has diabetes or prediabetes, to share this show with them. Dr. Phil introduces Corie. Corie first heard of prediabetes when she was 29, overweight, and did not exercise but thought she was healthy.

[6:17] When Corie went for a medical checkup, they did a blood test. She was starting to have symptoms. Corie’s grandmother had just died, 69 years old, with complications of diabetes. The doctor told her she was prediabetic with high blood sugar and asked if she wanted “to end up like” her grandmother.

[7:28] Corie was very offended, and told herself she was a good person and healthy. In reality, she wasn’t healthy. She tried several fad diets, one after the other, lost weight, her blood sugar went down, and she didn’t worry about it anymore.

[8:00] Since then she has had two children, and really struggled losing her baby weight, because of poor decisions she made — lack of exercise and eating the wrong things. Her weight went up and down like an awful roller coaster ride. She tried fad diets for years.

[8:50] Corie’s then five-year-old daughter was scared by a dream one night, and Corie tried to consoled her. Her daughter told her in the dream that Corie had gotten sick and died. That reached Corie. It was so real to her daughter that she couldn’t shake it.

[9:35] Corie remembers all the details from her daughter telling her the dream. Corie

felt convicted. She knew that what her daughter was saying could be a reality if Corie didn’t make some changes. Her body was also telling her to make changes. She felt bad and was having symptoms. She was overweight. Corie figured she was prediabetic again.

[10:09] Corie had let life overtake her. She had put everything else in front of herself. She was involved in way too many activities and organizations.

[10:55] Dr. Phil sees many people who are so involved in activities, but still need to do the things necessary to take care of themselves to be healthy for the people depending on them. Corie got a wakeup call from her daughter. Some people ignore wakeup calls, but Corie listened. Dr. Phil hopes this episode will be wakeup call for someone.

[12:23] Dr. Phil remembers the first day Corie came to talk to him about the changes she wanted to make. Corie listened, and started to implement the changes Dr. Phil recommended for her. So many people hear what they need to do but they don’t do it.

[12:58] When Corie’s daughter had come to her, Corie couldn’t tell her it the bad dream couldn’t happen, because she knew it could. Corie prayed and asked God to forgive her. She also asked her husband and children to forgive her for not taking care of herself.

[13:38] Corie knew that if she was going to make a lifestyle change and not just try another fad diet, she had to have a different reason why she wanted to lose this weight and be healthy. It had to be about being here for her family that she loves so much.

[14:29] Corie prayed for a desire to be healthy, a desire to make this change, and a desire to live better, to eat better, and to exercise, and to be stress-free. She’s learned that when you feel bad, you’re ill, and it makes you hard to be around.

[15:00] Corie realized that if she could get this right, she would be a better person all around. Her next step was when she started to work with Dr. Phil. She says it not only changed her life, it saved her life. Her first meeting with Dr. Phil was very emotional because she felt guilty about how she had let herself get into that condition.

[16:03] Corie first had to deal with that guilt. She had to begin to see herself the way God sees her, and love herself the way God loves her to be able to turn into the person she wanted to be. That was one of the hardest things she was dealing with at the time.

[16:21] Dr. Phil told Corie at their first meeting that she didn’t need to beat herself up. She didn’t need to be hard on herself, that it’s OK. He told her she could do this and today is a new day. She just had to do better today than she did yesterday, and it would get better and better.

[16:41] Dr. Phil had told Corie, it’s not about depriving yourself, or living a way that isn’t ‘you,’ it’s about lifestyle changes. If you mess up, get right back up and don’t let messing up dictate the rest of your life.

[17:08] Corie had to deal with being a perfectionist. She likes things to be done right. When she messed up it was like jumping off the wagon and going back to her old ways. She had to stop trying to make herself perfect, and start trying to make herself better.

[18:03] In that first meeting, Dr. Phil drew a plate on paper and drew portions on the plate of what a healthy balanced meal should be. Corie thought, this isn’t hard, anyone could do this. She had just never taken the time to ask what she should be doing.

[18:34] Corie still has that piece of paper for portion control. Some days she gets it right, and some days she doesn’t, but what’s different now is she knows that if she messes up she doesn’t have to jump off the wagon. She can do better the next day.

[19:02] Corie loves that it’s not about depriving yourself, it’s about finding healthy alternatives. Changing that mentality was key for Corie.

[19:18] Dr. Carson reviews points from Corie’s story. First, Corie had inserted a spiritual component. Sometimes we rely on willpower, mind, and emotion, but we don’t bring in the spiritual side of things. Dr. Phil says we need to take care of body, soul, and spirit.

[20:34] The second item Dr. Phil wants emphasizes is about beating yourself up. Dr. Phil is also a perfectionist that beats himself up. So many people do mess up, then beat themselves up, and they quit. You can’t do that! You’ve got to keep fighting, keep going, forgive yourself if you mess up, pick yourself back up, and keep going.

[21:22] Get back up. Start over. You can continue to start over. So often, people fail, because they just totally quit. They say, “I can’t do this, I’m a failure.” If you listen to this show, don’t do that to yourself!

[22:04] Corie shares her lifestyle changes and habits. First, she started teaching her daughter how to cook healthy foods. They learned it together, instead of eating out every night. They got ideas from Dr. Phil and blogs on healthy dishes to cook.

[23:43] At the time, Corie was homeschooling her daughter, so cooking became a class and they would prepare lunch and dinner together every day. Learning to cook with her daughter formed memories Corie will cherish forever.

[24:02] Corie is thankful for her husband who has supported her through this lifestyle change. He makes her feel loved and beautiful. He does whatever he needs to do to help Corie do well. They drink breakfast smoothies together.

[24:44] Corie’s six-year-old son has been a little harder to get on the good track, but he loves fruits, so that’s good. She’s teaching him what it means to eat healthy.

[25:00] Having her family involved has been key for Corie. If she could have done this alone, she would have conquered it years ago. She needed a coach, like Dr. Phil, and she needed a support system, which is her family.

[25:43] Dr. Phil wants to encourage listeners to take to heart what Corie has shared. Corie called for spiritual help, she sought out coaching, and she enlisted her family to be on board with her in her health journey.

[26:18] Anybody on the road to prediabetes or diabetes needs to get off that road and turn things around. You don’t want to be a full-blown diabetic. It wasn’t diabetes, but the complications of diabetes that took her grandmother to the grave at an earlier age.

[26:58] Dr. Phil is so proud of Corie in the changes she has made and how she has implemented all these things into her life that will make a difference for her, for her children, and someday for her grandchildren.

[27:27] Make the decision today — if you haven’t already — to make those lifestyle changes. Contact Dr. Phil if you would like him to help, or give you a recommendation. That’s what he’s here for. Dr. Phil thanks Corie for sharing her story today.

[28:34] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[28:50] Whether you’re a new or longtime listener, Dr. Phil thanks you and asks you to help him spread the message of natural health and wellness by sharing The Feeling Good Podcast with everyone you know and encouraging them to subscribe also.

[29:17] Please check out the free resources at carsonnatural.com/resources, check out Carson Natural Health on Facebook, and join Dr. Phil every Friday, during the noonday hour, Central Time, for his weekly Facebook Live broadcast called Feeling Good Fridays — broadcast from a different location every week.

[29:55] Have health questions or are you interested in free resources? Visit carsonnatural.com for free resources or for a question, click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected].

Mentioned in This Episode of The Feeling Good Podcast:

Carson Natural

Carson Natural Health & Wellness Consulting – Facebook page

Life Transformation Medical Center

Dr. Laura Washington

Email your questions to: [email protected]

Ask Dr. Phil Microphone

Seven Keys for Healthy Living Guide

Feeling Good Fridays on Facebook Live

CDC Prediabetes Screening Test

Are you ready to live? Really live that feeling good life you desire to live? Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Feeling Good Podcast, it’s great to be alive. On this feel-good day, we will be talking about the diabetes epidemic. November is Diabetes Awareness Month and we will be talking about prevention, reversal, and management of diabetes in each episode this month.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[1:09] Go to carsonnatural.com/resources for a variety of free resources to help you live a healthier life.

[1:46] We have a diabetes epidemic in the United States and since November is Diabetes Awareness Month, Dr. Phil will be talking about all about diabetes in upcoming episodes.

[3:21] An estimated 30.3 million people in the United States have diabetes.

[5:23] Help Dr. Phil spread the word and share The Feeling Good Podcast with everyone you know so they can learn more about diabetes prevention during during November.

[6:13] Dr. Phil specializes in diabetes and is a big believer in prevention of diabetes and helps people get it under control.

[6:52] Diabetes is a killer because people die of complications caused by diabetes.

[7:23] The number one cause of diabetes is our lifestyle and how we are eating.

[7:42] How can you prevent or manage diabetes with nutrition?

[9:15] Always work with your healthcare provider when you make dietary changes.

[10:01] Avoid processed flour, processed sugar, processed dairy, and starchy foods such as white rice, white potatoes, and starchy foods that turn into sugar.

[11:37] We need to choose the carbohydrate source for our meals or snacks that don’t convert to sugar rapidly or have lower sugar content (lower glycemic index).

[13:01] We need to eat better and pay attention to the foods we put into our bodies. We need to have the right balance of foods.

[13:30] Check out Balance Nutrition or Zone Nutrition. It is a nutrition plan that teaches you how to balance your protein, carbs, and fats to keep your sugars in better balance.

[14:40] You can do what is necessary now to prevent diabetes. We have a simple online test you can take to determine if you are prediabetic. It could save your life.

[16:23] This episode’s Feeling Good Superhero is Manuel. Manuel came to see us a few years ago and he was really struggling with his blood sugar. He was have neuropathy issues in his feet and was not in good shape at all. We talked to him about cutting out the simple carbs and white foods and changing his diet. He was on several medications at that time as well. Fortunately, Manual listened and did what we recommended. Over a period of a few months it was amazing to see the changes in him. His blood sugars became normal again, his nerve pain subsided, he lost quite a bit of weight, and he was able to reduce his medications. He went from barely surviving to thriving. If you are like Manuel and in that condition now, get started today so you can experience the same changes in your life. If we can help you, please reach out to us. Make the changes you need to make, just like Manuel.

[19:12] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[19:27] Please check out the free resources at carsonnatural.com/resources and check out Carson Natural Health on Facebook, and join Dr. Phil every Friday, during the noonday hour, Central Time, for his weekly Facebook Live broadcast called Feeling Good Fridays—broadcast from a different location every week.

[20:15] Have health questions or are you interested in free resources? Visit carsonnatural.com for free resources or for a question, click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected].

Mentioned in This Episode of The Feeling Good Podcast:

Carson Natural

Carson Natural Health & Wellness Consulting – Facebook page

Life Transformation Medical Center

Dr. Laura Washington

Email your questions to: [email protected]

Ask Dr. Phil Microphone

Seven Keys for Healthy Living Guide

Feeling Good Fridays on Facebook Live