Sep 21, 2026 · 46 min · 10 segments
**OVERVIEW:** In this insightful interview, Kate Deering shares her 30+ years of experience in health, fitness, and nutrition, emphasizing the importance of metabolic health, energy production, and…
Kate DeeringGuest
Ashley FillmoreHost
Like you said, it's essentially if the water pipe is leaking, we turn it off, we don't use it.
Although I do feel like with traditional medicine, our approach is that, is to turn it off, is to just go to another one, is to cover it up by taking something to help us feel better in the moment.
And as you were talking, I was actually thinking about even some of the women I've helped and some of my clientele.
And interestingly, one of the things I've always said is even with people that say they respond better to a keto diet or a low carb diet, I like to take a look at where their carbs are coming from and just educate them on whole food carbs and the importance of healthy carbs.
Because I have women that are pre-diabetic that are diabetic, even that really claim based off of their insulin levels in their labs.
There's some insulin resistance there, but interestingly, We clean up the diet.
A lot of what people are consuming and assuming these are healthy carbohydrates, for example, keto cereals, keto bars.
flour that is going to have such a negative impact on your blood sugar if you're consuming these foods.
We eat more whole foods, stinking things like beans and quinoa and sweet potatoes.
We add in strength training, which has a huge impact on your overall metabolic health, as well as your blood sugar regulation.
And those clients can eat carbohydrates, feel better, see improvements in their hormonal health, and start building muscle.
We added them back in, of course, in a strategic way that's suitable for their bodies and training.
Like you said, it's essentially if the water pipe is leaking, we turn it off, we don't use it.
Although I do feel like with traditional medicine, our approach is that, is to turn it off, is to just go to another one, is to cover it up by taking something to help us feel better in the moment.
And as you were talking, I was actually thinking about even some of the women I've helped and some of my clientele.
And interestingly, one of the things I've always said is even with people that say they respond better to a keto diet or a low carb diet, I like to take a look at where their carbs are coming from and just educate them on whole food carbs and the importance of healthy carbs.
Because I have women that are pre-diabetic that are diabetic, even that really claim based off of their insulin levels in their labs.
There's some insulin resistance there, but interestingly, We clean up the diet.
A lot of what people are consuming and assuming these are healthy carbohydrates, for example, keto cereals, keto bars.
flour that is going to have such a negative impact on your blood sugar if you're consuming these foods.
We eat more whole foods, stinking things like beans and quinoa and sweet potatoes.
We add in strength training, which has a huge impact on your overall metabolic health, as well as your blood sugar regulation.
And those clients can eat carbohydrates, feel better, see improvements in their hormonal health, and start building muscle.
We added them back in, of course, in a strategic way that's suitable for their bodies and training.
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