Can you be lean and metabolically unfit? Can you be overweight and metabolically healthy?

Most of the world's type 2 diabetics are lean. Weight is not the issue. It's a distraction from what actually matters: metabolic fitness.

Dr. Betty Murray sits down with Dr. Beverly Yates ND to shatter the myths about metabolic health, weight, and diabetes, especially for women over 40. In this conversation, Dr. Yates reveals the silent signs of pre-diabetes most doctors miss, why the "eat less, exercise more" advice fails women after menopause, and the five steps of the Yates Protocol that helped women reverse type 2 diabetes after 25+ years, without deprivation or restriction.

What We Cover:

● Weight is not the issue, it's a symptom: Most type 2 diabetics worldwide are lean (not overweight), you can be lean and metabolically unfit OR overweight and metabolically healthy, doctors blame weight instead of looking at actual metabolic markers

● The silent signs of pre-diabetes

● Objective markers that actually matter: Hemoglobin A1C, fasting blood sugar, fasting insulin, C-peptide

● Why BMI is useless

● Menopause changes everything metabolically: Loss of estrogen = increased visceral fat + insulin resistance (even with same diet/exercise), women have more microvascular disease than men, hot flashes linked to hyperdensities in brain (vascular damage)

● Why lean people don't get diagnosed: Doctors assume "you're skinny, you're fine" without checking A1C/fasting insulin/C-peptide, visceral fat can be invisible (not always "beer belly"), third of teenagers now have pre-diabetes

● The taste bud reset: Taste buds turn over every 10-14 days, they talk to brain about calories, diet sodas/artificial sweeteners trick brain → causes snacking 1-1.5 hours later

PLUS, The 5 Steps of the Yates Protocol:

(1) Nutrition, (2) Meal timing, (3) Stress management, (4) Sleep, (5) Exercise with emphasis on strength training.

This episode is for women over 40 navigating menopause, anyone told to "just lose weight" by their doctor, pre-diabetics looking for real solutions, or anyone who wants to understand what metabolic fitness actually means.

✨ Watch now and discover why the strategies that worked at 30 don't work at 50, and what actually does.

Connect with Dr. Beverly Yates ND:

Book: The Yates Protocol (Pre-Order NOW) Website: https://drbeverlyyates.com/the-yates-protocol-book/ Pre-Order Bonus: Upload receipt for undisclosed chapter not in book

Connect with Dr. Betty Murray:

● Betty Murray Website: https://www.bettymurray.com/

● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbettymurray/

Links:

● The Fierce Female Method for Longevity (Dr. Betty's book) https://fierce.hormoneshelp.com/

● Menrva Telemedicine: https://gethormonesnow.com/

● FREE Hormone Quiz: https://bit.ly/3wNJOec

● Living Well Dallas: https://www.livingwelldallas.com/

● Hormone Reset: https://hormonereset.net/

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