{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/68867db06e658a8b3c1cda46?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, Sugar Addiction, and 20+ Medications | Tia Reid","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/1754669187582-194cc4dc-1402-4b0d-8dec-e372f7a861b6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>📣 Tia Reid spent years following conventional dietary advice — and got sicker and more medicated with every visit. It took a low-carb, high-fat lifestyle to reverse her type 2 diabetes, eliminate over 20 medications, and reveal that sugar addiction had been driving her decline all along.</p><p><br></p><p>📋 Robyn and Natalie talk with Tia Reid, a retired Director of Nutrition Services with over 35 years in healthcare, now a Certified Keto Nutrition Coach and Licensed Sugar Addiction Specialist working with Dr. Tro's team at Toward Health. Tia shares the full arc of her story — from managing type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, adrenal disease, and a long list of medications, to discovering that the dietary advice she'd spent her career implementing was making her worse. She talks honestly about the nature of food addiction, the emotional and psychological dimensions of recovery, practical tools for managing cravings, and what she now offers clients who are walking the same path she once did.</p><p><br></p><p>🔑 What You'll Learn</p><ul><li>How Tia reversed type 2 diabetes and eliminated over 20 medications through a low-carb, high-fat lifestyle</li><li>Why sugar addiction is a physical illness of the brain — and why abstinence, not moderation, was the only path that worked for her</li><li>The emotional and psychological dimensions of food addiction: automatic negative thoughts, triggers, and building non-food coping tools</li><li>Practical strategies she still uses: fat-adaptation, no snacking, delay-and-distract, and action snacks throughout the day</li><li>Why community is the opposite of addiction — and how Toward Health's coaching model puts that into practice</li></ul><p><br></p><p>💡 Key Insight</p><p>\"I'm living proof that change is possible. You are not too far gone. And it's not too late.\" — Tia Reid</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 Connect with Tia Reid</p><p>Coaching:</p><p><a href=\"https://toward.health/health-coaching\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://toward.health/health-coaching</a></p><p>Toward Health:</p><p><a href=\"https://toward.health/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://toward.health</a></p><p><br></p><p>⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>⏳ Chapters</p><p>0:47&nbsp;Welcome to Ketobiography</p><p>2:57&nbsp;Meet Tia Reid: Retired Nutrition Director Turned Coach</p><p>6:27&nbsp;Type 2 Diabetes, Medications &amp; a Turning Point</p><p>12:05&nbsp;Sugar Addiction &amp; Emotional Eating</p><p>17:52&nbsp;Finding Dr. Tro &amp; Starting the LCHF Journey</p><p>24:47&nbsp;Eliminating 20+ Medications &amp; Reversing Metabolic Syndrome</p><p>31:32&nbsp;What Coaching Clients Need</p><p>39:07&nbsp;How to Stay Consistent Without Shame</p><p>44:37&nbsp;Faith, Joy &amp; the Power of Mindset</p><p>49:47&nbsp;Helping Others Heal Through Lived Experience</p><p>56:02&nbsp;Final Insight: It's Never Too Late to Start</p>","author_name":"Robyn R Dobbins"}