5 nutrition tips to lower blood sugar
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 ⢠2.4K Ratings
šļø 14 February 2024
ā±ļø 17 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss diabetes management, highlighting five science-backed strategies for lowering blood sugar levels. We explore how Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) can play a role in reducing Hemoglobin A1c. We also highlight the significance of seeking guidance from a Registered Dietitian, equipped with the education and training to help you manage diabetes through a personalized plan and ongoing support.Ā
In This Episode Weāll Cover:
- How whole foods play a role in blood sugar managementĀ
- Why it's important to eat carbohydrates even with prediabetes or diabetesĀ
- How protein and healthy fats play a role in blood sugar managementĀ
- How meal timing can be key to reducing blood sugar spikesĀ
- The importance of working with Registered Dietitian vs a Nutritionist + MORE!Ā
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Diabetes Digital Podcast. I'm Wendy. |
| 0:03.2 | And I'm Jess and we're best friends, registered dieticians, and diabetes educators. |
| 0:08.0 | Through our telehealth platform, diabetes digital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes. |
| 0:17.0 | Visit diabetes digital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. |
| 0:24.7 | Now let's get into today's episode. |
| 0:29.5 | Welcome back. |
| 0:30.5 | Welcome back. Thanks for joining us this week for another episode of the Diabetes Digital Podcast. |
| 0:36.0 | Today we're going to be covering five ways to lower your blood sugar with food |
| 0:42.0 | and when it comes to just things that you could do related to food that will help with your blood sugar. |
| 0:48.4 | There's a lot of misinformation out there and what I've noticed especially being Dominican a lot of Latin American |
| 0:55.8 | people do this it's like oh my grandmother or my auntie or like you know there's |
| 1:01.2 | just like so much like what's app information floating around and |
| 1:04.4 | although some of it might be helpful it's not necessarily harmful |
| 1:08.2 | some of it is just very questionable it either doesn't have like a lot of evidence behind them, meaning research, because like I'm all about just like trying things as long as they're not harmful. But like some of the stuff is like it's straight up can be dangerous. like some of the things that I see out there. |
| 1:25.6 | So today we want to just like simplify things, give you five practical evidence-based ways to lower your blood sugar. |
| 1:35.0 | Yes and disclaimer before we jump into it this podcast is for |
| 1:39.0 | informational purposes only and should not be considered as substitute for medical advice. |
| 1:43.8 | Okay, so today we're talking specifically about medical nutrition therapy, also known as |
| 1:48.6 | MNT, and MNT is a personalized approach to improving health through targeted dietary |
| 1:54.8 | interventions. |
| 1:55.8 | And again, there's a lot of information online or there's a lot of people who may claim to be |
| 2:02.1 | nutritionist or nutrition consultants and these people may |
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