Sugar, Stress & Spleen Qi
Your No-Bullshit Guide to Blood Sugar, Mood Swings, and Ancient Chinese WisdomHow to Not Lose Your Mind (While Pricking Your Finger)
Have you ever stood in front of the fridge at 2 a.m., spoon deep in a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, hating yourself just a little? Has a single upward arrow on your CGM ever sent your heart rate through the roof and your brain into a doom spiral of “What did I do wrong?” If so, welcome to the club nobody asked to join. This book was written for you.
This is not another dry medical lecture from a clinician, nor a wellness influencer’s pitch for a miracle supplement line. This is a ceasefire agreement—with your body, your numbers, and yourself.
Sugar, Stress & Spleen Qi fuses 2,500-year-old Chinese medicine with modern neuroscience and endocrinology, then delivers it all in the irreverent, compassionate voice of someone who actually gets it. Inside, you’ll learn why your emotions are not just in your head—they’re physically embedded in your organs, and they’re messing with your blood sugar every single day.
Inside these pages, you’ll discover:
The “Three Roommates” living in your body—the HPA axis drama queen, the adrenaline-junkie sympathetic nervous system, and an ancient Chinese physician who’s been quietly observing the chaos
Why road rage can spike your blood sugar faster than a slice of white bread (your Liver is literally pissed)
Why guzzling ice-cold Diet Coke might be sabotaging your energy and your post-meal numbers (meet your Swamp Spleen)
How the fear of complications—amputation, kidney failure, blindness—becomes a self-fulfilling metabolic prophecy, and how to break that loop
An aisle-by-aisle guide to turning your regular Kroger, Trader Joe’s, or Whole Foods run into an anti-inflammatory, blood-sugar-stabilizing grocery haul
Real talk for real American life: a 3-step insurance appeal template for denied insulin or CGM coverage, holiday survival guides for Thanksgiving, Super Bowl Sunday, and Fourth of July, and an entire chapter for teenagers with Type 1 and the parents who love them
A cultural food adaptation guide so you can honor your Latinx, African American, or Asian heritage without sending your glucose into orbit
The “Which Organ Is Ruining My Day?” interactive quiz—because sometimes you need to know whether to blame your Liver, your Spleen, or your Kidneys
Biohacks that cost almost nothing: ear seeds, cold water face splashes, and the “light sweat” exercise prescription for people who absolutely hate the gym
Whether you’re Type 1 or Type 2, newly diagnosed or decades in, Sugar, Stress & Spleen Qi will make you feel seen, make you laugh, and give you tools that actually work. And if you love someone with diabetes, the chapter on living with a “blood sugar hedgehog” might just save your relationship.
This book doesn’t promise a cure. It promises something better: a way to stop beating yourself up, break the shame cycle, and find a little peace—and maybe even some dark humor—in the middle of the chaos.
If you’ve ever whispered “I have no self-control” to yourself in the dark, pick up this book. You’re about to learn you’ve been telling yourself the wrong story all along.
