Dr. Beverly Yates helps people with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes understand their numbers, lower their A1C, and know what to do next.
If your blood sugar keeps climbing, your A1C isn’t where you want it to be, or you’re exhausted from trying to figure out what you should eat, when you should eat, and what you’re doing wrong—you deserve more than another list of restrictions.
You deserve to understand what your body is telling you.
Dr. Beverly Yates, ND helps people with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes understand the patterns behind their blood sugar and make practical changes that support better numbers, more energy, and greater confidence in their health.
As a diabetes expert, MIT-trained engineer, Naturopathic Doctor, published author, and creator of The Yates Protocol, Dr. Yates brings more than 30 years of experience to one of the most important questions you may be asking:
What can I actually do to change this?
You may have been told to lose weight.
Stop eating carbs.
Exercise more.
Take another medication.
But if you’ve followed advice like this and still find yourself staring at blood sugar numbers you don’t understand, wondering why your A1C isn’t improving, you already know the problem is more complicated than a single food or habit.
Dr. Beverly Yates created The Yates Protocol to help you understand the bigger picture.
Her five-step approach looks at the areas that can influence your blood sugar every day:
Nutrition. Meal Timing. Exercise and Strength Training. Sleep. Stress.
In her book, The Yates Protocol: 5 Simple Steps to Fix Your Blood Sugar and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Dr. Yates shows you how these pieces work together—and how to begin making changes without building your entire life around diabetes.
Because improving your blood sugar shouldn’t mean spending every day afraid of food, afraid of your glucose meter or CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor), or worried about what the next A1C test will show.
It should help you feel more informed, more capable, and more in control.
A better A1C is important. But for many people, improving blood sugar is about much more than a lab result. It’s about:
Real clients on what changed when their blood sugar finally started to make sense.
“Now I’m walking two to three miles, back to doing strength training, living my life and my joy again, which had been so long I’d forgotten what it felt like. So I found me again, and it’s just been a great journey.”
“With Dr. Yates’ help, I was able to go from a 5.8 all the way to a 5.5—and I am stoked. When I hit 5.6, that took me out of the prediabetic state.”
“She is very caring and very committed to you succeeding… she approaches this not as a doctor, but as a partner, and empowers you through encouragement, great information, and practical steps to help you move the needle.”
“I loved working with her. She was always responsive, always caring, always ready to help me solve whatever question or problem that I had. A year and a half after the surgery, I feel like I’m 100%.”
“She’s one of those folks that comes along that you know this is someone who is genuine, who is caring, and is extremely competent in what she does. And she sees you not as a number, but really as a person.”
Individual results vary.
These five areas form the foundation of Dr. Yates’ approach to helping people improve their blood sugar.
Learn how the foods you choose can support steadier blood sugar without turning every meal into a source of anxiety or deprivation.
What you eat matters. When you eat can matter, too. Learn how meal timing and daily eating patterns may influence glucose, insulin, hunger, and energy.
Movement can help your body use glucose more effectively. Learn how strength training and building muscle, walking, and other exercise can become powerful tools for supporting healthier blood sugar.
A poor night of sleep can show up in your glucose numbers the next day. Learn why sleep deserves a place in your blood sugar strategy—not an afterthought.
Stress can affect your blood sugar even when your food choices haven’t changed. Learn how recognizing and responding to stress can become an important part of improving your overall metabolic health.
The goal is to understand what may be affecting your blood sugar and begin making meaningful changes you can continue in a sustainable way.
Some people want a clear starting point.
Some want a community to help them stay engaged.
Others are looking at their A1C and thinking:
I need someone to help me figure this out.
There are several ways to get support from Dr. Yates and her programs.
If you’re ready for a higher level of guidance, The Yates Protocol gives you a personalized path based on your blood sugar patterns, lifestyle, challenges, and goals.
Work with Dr. Beverly Yates to identify what may be affecting your numbers, focus on the changes that matter most, and build a plan you can follow with confidence.
This is for people who are ready to make improving their blood sugar a priority and want expert support along the way.
Changing habits can feel very different when you have somewhere to ask questions, keep learning, and connect with people working toward similar goals.
The Lower A1C Fast Community gives you ongoing education, practical resources, live opportunities to learn from Dr. Yates, and a supportive place to continue building healthier blood sugar habits.
You don’t need to change everything tomorrow. Start by learning what to look for.
The 21-Day Blood Sugar Challenge gives you a structured path for understanding blood sugar and practicing practical habits one day at a time.
It’s a strong place to begin if you want guidance and structure while working independently.
If you’re worried about your A1C, confused by your glucose readings, or frustrated because what you’ve tried hasn’t given you the results you expected, this is an opportunity to get personalized guidance.
Bring your questions. Bring your numbers. Bring the things that don’t make sense yet. The goal is to help you better understand what deserves attention and determine the most appropriate next step.
Choose the resource that best matches where you are right now.
Understand what may be driving your blood sugar and the lifestyle changes that can help you move forward with a clearer plan.
Learn what to eat, what to change, and how to build meals that better support insulin sensitivity and steadier blood sugar.
Discover Dr. Yates’ practical nutrition strategies for supporting healthier blood sugar and making meaningful changes starting now.
Long before Dr. Beverly Yates became known for her work in diabetes, she was an engineer. She earned her electrical engineering degree from MIT and began her career working in Silicon Valley. But eventually, she realized she wanted to apply her problem-solving mind somewhere else.
She describes the transition simply: She went from problem-solving with things to problem-solving with people.
Dr. Yates became a Naturopathic Doctor and has spent more than 30 years helping people better understand their health. Over time, more and more patients came to her struggling with insulin resistance, rising blood sugar, and diabetes.
At the same time, diabetes became deeply personal. After reconnecting with her biological father’s side of the family, Dr. Yates discovered an extraordinary prevalence of diabetes and genetic risk among her own relatives. This wasn’t simply something she saw in charts and lab reports anymore. It was affecting people she loved.
Today, helping people master their blood sugar is at the center of her work.
Her mission is ambitious: Help 3 Million People Reverse Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes. Through her programs, book, teaching, speaking, media work, and online education, Dr. Yates wants more people to understand that a diagnosis does not have to mean surrendering control of their future.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Bio-Electrical Engineering.
Licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine with more than three decades of experience.
Also the author of Heart Health for Black Women and a contributing author to additional published works.
Founder and Medical Director of California’s first fully accredited and board-certified Naturopathic and Integrative Medicine Residency Program.
Former Governor-appointed member of the State of California Naturopathic Medicine Board, along with scientific, medical advisory, civic, and professional leadership roles.
Creator of a five-step approach to help people understand their blood sugar and make practical, sustainable changes to improve A1C and metabolic health.
Complex health information doesn’t have to sound complicated.
Dr. Beverly Yates is an experienced speaker, educator, and media guest known for making important health topics understandable, engaging, and useful.
She brings the perspective of an MIT-trained engineer, a Naturopathic Doctor with more than 30 years of clinical experience, a published author, and an expert who knows how to connect the science to the decisions people make every day.
Your audience should leave with more than information. They should leave thinking more clearly about their health and knowing what they can do next.
Whether you have five minutes to watch a video or want to spend more time understanding your blood sugar, explore Dr. Yates’ growing library of education and recommended resources.
Conversations about diabetes, health, and lifestyle on the Reverse Diabetes Podcast.
Listen on SpotifySelected tools Dr. Yates recommends for learning how your body responds to your lifestyle, food choices, sleep, and environment.
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“She is genuine, caring, and extremely competent in what she does. She sees you not as a number, but really as a person.”
Maybe you’re looking at an A1C result that scares you.
Maybe you’re frustrated because your blood sugar seems unpredictable.
Maybe you’re doing everything you were told to do and still wondering why your numbers aren’t where you want them.
Or maybe you simply know it’s time to take your health more seriously—and you want guidance you can trust.
You don’t have to know every answer before you begin.
You just need to choose your next step.
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