BootDiabetics: Faith • Food • Health Where Science Meets Scripture

Send us Fan Mail God-first morning routine lowers fasting glucose. Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 5:3. Dawn phenomenon science. Robert: "Doc, I am gardening now." With warm ambient background music. Support the show Faith Over Fear in Health Battles | BootDiabetics Podcast — How Faith Empowers the Diabetic Journey Discover how faith conquers fear in diabetes management. Learn to trust God’s...

Send us Fan Mail Hidden inflammation as root rot destroying your metabolic garden. Romans 8:6, Proverbs 14:30. With warm ambient background music. Support the show Faith Over Fear in Health Battles | BootDiabetics Podcast — How Faith Empowers the Diabetic Journey Discover how faith conquers fear in diabetes management. Learn to trust God’s plan while strengthening your body, mind, and spirit throu...

Send us Fan Mail What if your diabetes diagnosis is not a prison sentence — but a plot assignment? Season 2, Episode 1: Sarah and Derek walk through Genesis 2:15, the rosemary story, cellular renewal science, the DPP 58% data, James three seeds, Uncle Jerry (kale, peppers, cucumbers), the First Garden Audit, and a Gardener Covenant prayer. For every diabetes type. Featuring official BootDiabetics...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 10 of The Temple Series — the finale. The wall is up. The scaffolding is down. The tools are put away. And there is only one thing left to do with a completed temple: dedicate it. This episode covers: • The sound of the final nail — and why the silence after it is not emptiness, but completion • 2 Chronicles 7:1-3: the fire of God falls on Solomon's dedicated temple,...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 9 of The Temple Series, Derek and Sarah stop adding practices and start receiving the harvest. This is the testimony episode. The photograph being taken in your body right now — even if you cannot see it developing yet. This episode covers: • The photograph that was never taken: Derek's sister's rehearsal dinner, the bread basket, and the toast he missed — and...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 8 of The Temple Series, Derek and Sarah enter the territory most faith-and-health podcasts avoid — the dark week. The plateau. The closet that feels empty. The glucose reading that contradicts seven weeks of perfect obedience. This is the episode for the night the flame feels like it is going out. This episode covers: • Sarah's Week 11 wall: fasting glucose climbs...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 7 of The Temple Series, Derek and Sarah enter the most misunderstood discipline of the series — pruning. The habit you are defending right now may be the exact branch stealing your blood sugar harvest. This episode covers: • Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2017: habit replacement achieved 0.6% greater HbA1c reduction than total dietary restriction • NIH Cell Metabolism 2...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 6 of The Temple Series, Sarah and Derek reveal why ten minutes of morning stillness is the practice that makes every other practice in this series sustainable — and show you the neuroscience, the theology, and a 68-year-old contractor named Jerry to prove it. This episode covers: • Richard Davidson's fMRI/EEG research: 10-20 minutes of daily contemplative stillness...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 5 of The Temple Series, Derek and Sarah reveal why social connection is not an emotional add-on but a clinical variable — one that produces medication-level outcomes for blood sugar control. This episode covers: • BMJ landmark study: social isolation carries a mortality risk equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day • Peer support produces 0.5–1.0 percentage point A1C r...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 4 of The Temple Series, Derek and Sarah expose the one force that can undo every healthy meal, every walk, and every supplement — chronic stress — and reveal how God's ancient prescription for rest is the weapon modern medicine is finally catching up to. This episode covers: • Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2024: elevated morning cortisol reduces Time in Ra...

Send us Fan Mail The gate of your temple has been open too long. In Episode 3 of the Temple Series, we build the Eating Window — the gate of your temple. We cover the science of time-restricted eating, how fasting is not deprivation but residence, and the grace-filled approach to reclaiming your body's natural rhythm. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎵 HEALING HAPPENS DAILY — WORSHIP MUSIC Faith-...

Send us Fan Mail Your stress is not a character flaw. It is a biological weapon aimed at your blood sugar — and today we show you exactly how to disarm it. In Episode 2 of the Temple Series, we build the Cortisol Altar — the first altar in your temple rebuild. We cover the cortisol-glucose connection, the science of stress hormones, and the grace-filled practices that begin to break the cycle. ━━━...

Send us Fan Mail What if managing diabetes was an act of worship? In Episode 1 of the Temple Series, we lay the first stone: your body is a temple, not a patient file. We walk through the ruins honestly, name the three contaminants (cortisol, circadian disruption, and spiritual displacement), and begin the rebuild with the theology of 1 Corinthians 6:19. The Temple Series Foundation Guide is waiti...