Author: Lauri Wakefield

00:00 – Podcast IntroWelcome to Your Genes by Design, a mini podcast with host Lauri Wakefield. Each week, Lauri shares short, story-driven episodes that explore how your DNA influences the way your body works. From glucose and hormones to gut health, detox, and so much more. Designed especially for women 45 and beyond, these bite-sized…

00:31 – Intro Hi, I’m Lauri. Thanks so much for joining me today. Today we’re going to look at gut health and more specifically, how your digestion has always been shaped by your genes. The way you tolerate food, fiber stress, and even supplements has never been random. Your genes have been influencing those responses…

0:00 – Intro Music  00:31 — Welcome And Series ContextPerimenopause Begins and Why It Varies Hi, I’m Lauri. Thanks so much for joining me today. In this episode, we’re shifting to a topic that every woman moves through, and it begins in perimenopause. This is the stage of life when estrogen levels start to change…

0:00 Intro MusicYour Genes by Design Podcast with Lauri Wakefield 00:31 — Welcome And Series ContextHi, I’m Lauri. Thanks so much for joining me today. This is the first episode in a new rotation where we explore how your genes influence multiple layers of midlife health — not just glucose, but detox, hormones, gut health,…

00:31 — Welcome And Series ContextHi, I’m Lauri. Thanks so much for joining me today. This is the seventh and final episode in the Glucose and Insulin by Design series. The first seven were designed to stay focused on one topic: glucose and insulin and the genes that influence them. In future episodes, I’ll be…

0:00 Intro Music Your Genes by Design Podcast with Lauri Wakefield 00:31 — Welcome And Series ContextHi, I’m Lauri. Thanks so much for joining me today. This is the sixth episode in the Glucose and Insulin by Design series. Today we’re going to look at how stress chemistry shapes blood sugar in a way that…

0:00 Intro Music + VoiceoverYour Genes by Design Podcast with Lauri Wakefield 0:31 Welcome and Series ContextHi, I’m Lauri. Thanks so much for joining me today on the Your Genes by Design Podcast. This is the fifth episode in the Glucose and Insulin by Design series. In the last episode, we talked about metabolic flexibility,…

[00:31 – Intro]Hi, I’m Lauri. Thanks so much for joining me today on the Your Genes by Design podcast. This is the fourth episode in the Glucose and Insulin by Design series. In the last episode, we talked about oxygenation, which is how efficiently your body uses oxygen inside your cells to make energy. Today…

[00:31 Oxygenation Explained]Hi, thanks so much for joining me today. I’m Lauri.This is the third episode in our seven-episode Glucose & Insulin by Design series. Today we’re going to look at something that doesn’t usually come up in everyday health conversations — oxygenation. It’s something I started thinking about a few weeks ago and how…

00:31 — IntroductionHi, welcome back to Your Genes by Design. I’m Lauri Wakefield, and today we’re going to break down two words that come up frequently in health conversations, glucose and insulin.They might sound scientific, but they’re easy to break down. And once you understand how they work together, it changes how you think about…