January Blood Sugar Whiplash: What Your Body Is Adjusting To

January often feels harder than people expect; you clean up your meals, you cut back on sugar, you try to eat “normally” again.

And instead of feeling better, you feel:

• tired

• irritable

• hungry at odd times

• shaky between meals

• wired but exhausted

This isn’t a lack of discipline. It’s blood sugar whiplash.

After weeks of irregular meals, sugar spikes, late nights, and stress, your body is recalibrating how it handles glucose and insulin. That adjustment period can feel uncomfortable; even when you’re doing things “right.”

What’s happening behind the scenes:

• Insulin sensitivity is shifting

• Cortisol may be stepping in to stabilize low blood sugar

• Hunger cues feel unreliable

• Energy feels inconsistent

• Cravings come and go unexpectedly

This is your body finding balance again, not failing.

In January, blood sugar doesn’t need restriction. It needs consistency.

That looks like:

• eating at regular intervals

• including protein at every meal

• pairing carbohydrates with fat and fiber

• avoiding long fasts while healing

• choosing warm, grounding foods

When blood sugar stabilizes, digestion improves, cravings calm down, and energy evens out... which is why this step is foundational in gut and hormone healing.

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Inside the ROOT Rx Program, we address blood sugar regulation alongside gut health, inflammation, hormones, and metabolism... so your body doesn’t have to keep compensating.

If you’re ready for a structured, root-cause approach to healing (not guesswork), this is your next step.

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Xo,

Dr Sheena