Every afternoon, right around 3pm, your focus goes flat and you reach for coffee or something sweet. You have probably blamed sleep, age, or willpower. I know, I used to. Your cells are struggling to take in fuel. Your insulin signaling, the system that moves glucose into your cells, has become dysregulated. That is a metabolic pattern. It is called insulin resistance. React with 🙋 if this afternoon sounds familiar.

We ask because we have heard a lot in this community. And some of it deserves to be said out loud. "Your labs are normal." "It's probably just stress." "This is what happens at your age." "Have you tried eating less?" "Have you considered that it might be anxiety?" We hear these from women who are clinically literate, who have done their research, who have been demonstrating careers and households while feeling like a diminished version of themselves. You were not wrong to push back. You were not being difficult. You were right that something was being missed. And the fact that you are in this community means part of you never stopped looking for the right answer. Drop yours below. One sentence. What is the thing that was said to you that you knew was not the full story?

Just submitted my annual labs. We shall see what comes!

Mother's day is challenging for me. I am grateful and happy to be a mom to an amazing child, and I have a conflicting relationship with my own mother. To all the moms out there, happy mothers day, take care of yourself, and thank you to Dr.Stephanie for this community.

Hi everyone. I just sent in my GI map for testing and will be doing my Dutch soon. I'm located in Germany. Excited to see where this all goes. Where can I start on this platform? I'm not really sure as I'm not great with tech.