# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-10-07T15:23:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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Waking at 3am? Crashing at 3pm? Raiding the kitchen at 9pm? It’s all the same cause. And it’s aging your skin too. 😬

I’m 50, and after 20+ years as a nutritionist specializing in women’s hormones and metabolic health, this is one of the most common patterns I see.

It’s your blood sugar.

3am. When your blood sugar drops overnight, your body can release cortisol and adrenaline to bring it back up. That’s the jolt that has you wide awake, staring at the ceiling.

3pm. A spike at lunch is followed by a dip. The dip is where your energy goes, your focus goes and your patience goes with it.

9pm. In 1,070 people wearing glucose monitors, bigger dips 2 to 3 hours after a meal predicted more hunger, an earlier next meal and more food eaten over the next 24 hours (Wyatt, Nature Metabolism 2021). Your cravings are on a timer, and your last meal set it.

Every one of those crashes asks cortisol to rescue you. Stack enough of those days and your stress hormones never get a break.

Now the part nobody tells you. When blood sugar runs high, sugar sticks to protein. That’s glycation, and over time it forms AGEs, advanced glycation end products, which stiffen your collagen. Your A1c is a glycation test. It measures sugar stuck to the hemoglobin in your red blood cells, and those cells are replaced every few months, so your A1c gets a fresh start. Skin collagen has a half-life of about 15 years (Verzijl, J Biol Chem 2000), so the damage stays and builds up.

Your blood gets a fresh start every few months. Your face doesn’t.

I’ve been keeping my blood sugar steady for 20+ years.

I’m teaching you how insulin and cortisol drive your weight, your sleep and how you age in my free live masterclass, Age Reversal Weight Loss Secrets for Women Over 40. Friday, October 16 at 8:30am PT / 11:30am ET.

Follow me first so it lands in your DMs, then comment SECRET and I’ll send you your seat.

Save this for the next time you’re up at 3am and dreading your to do list. 

Send it to the friend who’s wide awake at 3am and thinks it’s just her age.

#bloodsugar #perimenopause #womenover40 #healthyaging #metabolichealth

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metabolichealth, womenover40, bloodsugar, perimenopause, healthyaging

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