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Raw Remedies
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S2 Ep 8 | May 1, 2026 | 57 MIN
Managing Metabolic Health, Part 3: the Systemic Inferno, with Dr. Chrystyne Olivieri
S2 Ep 8 | May 1, 2026 | 57:13 MIN
In Part 3 of our metabolic health series, I sit down one final time with Dr. Chrystyne Olivieri to connect the dots between blood sugar, insulin, and the full-body consequences of metabolic dysfunction. What starts as a “slow burn” of subtle imbalances can evolve into a systemic inferno of chronic disease, impacting nearly every organ system. In this episode, we explore how chronically elevated insulin and blood sugar contribute to conditions like heart disease, fatty liver, cognitive decline, and even neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s, and often long before standard lab markers show anything is wrong. Be sure to listen to parts one and two if you haven’t already!
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Metabolic Health Series
01:29 Understanding High Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels
04:38 The Role of C-Peptide in Metabolic Dysfunction
06:07 The Impact of Gut Health on Metabolism
07:16 Chronic Diseases and the Evolution of Medicine
10:22 The Connection Between Diet and Chronic Illness
12:08 Heart Health: Cholesterol vs. Sugar
14:56 The Misconceptions of Cardiovascular Disease
17:25 Animal Health and Diet: A Parallel Discussion
20:42 The Importance of Nutrition Education
23:34 Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Insulin Resistance
27:35 Understanding Pharmaceutical Data Manipulation
32:44 The Rise of Liver Disease and Its Causes
37:19 Linking Diabetes, Dementia, and Nutrition
44:06 The Importance of Gut Health and Probiotics
49:30 Functional Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine
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- Email: colivierinp@gmail.com
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This week’s guest
Dr. Chrystyne Olivieri
Dr. Olivieri has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2004 and has over 20 years of Cardiology and Primary Care experience. She found her ultimate passion in the specialty of Endocrinology and is a Certified Diabetes Specialist. She is certified by and now sits on the Executive Board of Directors of the CBDCE organization, responsible for making policy in the U.S. on how diabetes care and education is provided to Americans with diabetes. She’s also on the Exam Committee, responsible for the content of test questions for those seeking to become a Diabetes Specialist.
She went on to receive her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Stony Brook University in 2015 while researching the use of the paleo diet to reduce progression of Prediabetes to Type 2 Diabetes. She authored the book The Paleo Advantage, as well as many publications in medical journals focusing on Functional Medicine practice, Cardiology, Diabetes and Nutrition.
Currently, she is a full-time Graduate Nursing Professor at Sacred Heart University, and has her own Nurse Practitioner owned and operated private medical practice which she opened in 2020 in NY.
Her practice, called Diabetes & Metabolism Naturally, is Recognized by the American Diabetes Association as a site of Excellence in Diabetes Education and Support.
To contact Dr. Olivieri, you can email her at colivierinp@gmail.com
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