How Wendy Reversed Prediabetes Naturally While Eating More Carbs
If you have been diagnosed with prediabetes and feel like you are already doing “everything right,” you are not alone.
Wendy came to us after getting a prediabetes diagnosis even though she was:
Doing yoga regularly
Walking after meals
Fasting
Eating mostly organic food
Taking good quality supplements
Taking courses on how to address the root causes of her health
On paper, she was doing so many of the “right” things to reverse prediabetes. Yet her blood sugar was still in the prediabetes range, which only reminded her of past attempts that did not work. It felt confusing and unfair.
This is a very common story for our clients who want to reverse prediabetes naturally and lower blood sugar without giving up carbs or living in fear around food.
Who We Are and How We Help People Reverse Prediabetes Naturally
I’m Isaac Pohlman, a registered dietitian, fellow person with type one diabetes, and CEO of The Pohlman Institute.
Our team has helped hundreds of clients around the world:
Balance blood sugar
Reverse prediabetes and lower A1C
Improve carb tolerance and insulin sensitivity
Restore their health
All without cutting out carbs or relying only on medication!
We do this through The Pohlman Method, a root cause approach that focuses on:
Finding your sweet spots for carbs, stress, and lifestyle
Reviving your metabolism with personalized nutrition and routines
Achieving carb freedom by addressing deeper mineral and nervous system imbalances
Wendy’s prediabetes success story is a powerful example of how this works in real life.
When you’re ready to reverse your blood sugar issues while eating carbs, like Wendy, you can apply here to get support, guidance, and accountability from a team that has both been where you are and truly understands the causes of blood sugar issues!
Wendy’s Prediabetes Diagnosis Despite a “Healthy” Lifestyle
When Wendy reached out, she had already tried many common strategies to prevent or reverse prediabetes:
Yoga and walking after meals
Fasting to help lower blood sugar
Organic, “clean” eating
Good quality supplements
Root cause focused courses and education
Even with all of this, she had just been diagnosed with prediabetes.
Nothing seemed to move her fasting blood sugar or post meal numbers back into the normal range. Her efforts kept reminding her of past failed attempts, which made it feel like her body was working against her.
She told us she felt like there was a blind spot she could not see on her own.
Our job inside The Pohlman Method was to help her find and correct that blind spot so she could finally reverse prediabetes in a way that felt sustainable.
Why Focusing Only on Blood Sugar Numbers Was Keeping Her Stuck
One of the first things we addressed with Wendy was her mindset around blood sugar.
Like many health conscious people with prediabetes, she was:
Constantly watching her glucose numbers
Fixated on what each meal “did” to her blood sugar
Judging her food choices based on numbers alone
Blood sugar data is incredibly useful, but when it becomes the only thing you focus on, a few problems show up.
1. Constant stress around numbers raises blood sugar
When you are always checking, worrying, and chasing a perfect reading, your internal stress goes up.
Higher internal stress means:
More stress hormones
More glucose released by the liver
More insulin resistance
In other words, your stress about blood sugar can directly raise your blood sugar.
2. Other parts of your health get sacrificed
If you only chase “good” blood sugar readings, it is easy to unintentionally ignore other areas that matter just as much:
Sleep quality
Mood and nervous system health
Energy and focus
Digestion and appetite
Ability to enjoy life and food
You might get slightly better numbers but feel worse overall. That is not true health.
So with Wendy, we stopped making blood sugar the only focus and shifted toward something much more powerful for reversing prediabetes naturally.
Step One: Nourishing Her Body First Instead of Restricting
Wendy had been viewing food mostly through the lens of “Will this spike my blood sugar?”
We flipped that question to:
“Will this nourish my body and help it work better long term?”
Instead of more restriction, we focused on:
Meals that were balanced and satisfying
Enough fuel to support her nervous system and metabolism
Carbs in amounts and forms her body could handle
Supportive routines around meals, not just rules
When your body is better nourished:
Stress hormones naturally come down
The nervous system feels safer
Blood sugar variation calms down
Cravings usually soften
It becomes easier to lower blood sugar without feeling deprived
For Wendy, this shift away from fear and toward nourishment gave her more peace around food and opened the door for her body to start responding differently.
Step Two: Lowering Her Cell Danger Response to Support Blood Sugar
The next key piece in reversing Wendy’s prediabetes was calming what is called the cell danger response.
You can think of the cell danger response as your body’s internal “emergency mode.” When this is elevated, your body will:
Release more glucose from the liver into the blood
Become more insulin resistant at the cell level
Respond less effectively with insulin
This can keep blood sugar elevated even if you:
Eat low carb
Exercise regularly
Take supplements
Try all the usual “blood sugar hacks”
For Wendy, we used lifestyle and nutrition strategies inside The Pohlman Method to:
Support her circadian rhythm
Improve her stress tolerance
Nourish her body so it did not need to rely on stress hormones for energy
As her cell danger response calmed down:
Her liver stopped pushing out as much extra glucose
Her cells became more responsive to insulin
Her pancreas could do its job more effectively
This is where we see prediabetes start to reverse in a way that actually lasts, instead of just chasing short term blood sugar tricks.
Wendy’s Results: Reversing Prediabetes While Eating More Carbs
By focusing on nourishment and lowering her internal stress, Wendy was able to:
Bring her blood sugar into the normal range before and after meals
Reverse prediabetes while eating more carbs, not less
Sleep more deeply and restfully
Stop waking in the middle of the night to use the bathroom
Notice her hands and feet getting warmer
Feel more at ease in her body
Warmer hands and feet, deeper sleep, and a calmer nervous system are all signs of an improving metabolism.
Instead of living in fear of diabetes, Wendy now understands what her body needs to maintain healthy blood sugar and prevent progression while still enjoying carbs.
Can You Reverse Prediabetes Naturally While Eating Carbs?
Yes.
Reversing prediabetes naturally is not only about cutting carbs or stacking more supplements. It is about:
Nourishing your body instead of starving or punishing it
Calming your cell danger response and internal stress
Supporting your circadian rhythm and nervous system
Eating carbs in a way your body can handle
Building routines and habits that you can actually sustain
That is the work we do every day with clients like Wendy.
Ready To Work On Reversing Your Prediabetes?
If you are doing “all the right things” and still have prediabetes or high blood sugar, it might be time for a more root cause approach.
At The Pohlman Institute, our team helps clients:
Understand why their blood sugar is high in the first place
Create a personalized plan for food, movement, stress, and lifestyle
Improve carb tolerance and insulin sensitivity
Reverse prediabetes naturally without cutting out carbs
If you are ready to reverse your prediabetes and lower blood sugar in a way that actually fits your life, you can apply here to work with me and my team and we will see if we are a good fit to support you!
