In Defense of Carbs

Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Keto, Atkins, Low-Carb, No-Carb, it’s all over your Instagram feed and the ‘wellness’ blogs and WE ARE OVER IT. Carbs are not the enemy and we’re are here to tell you why carbs (and a lot of them) are a critical part of our diet. In today’s episode, we deep dive into the myths about carbohydrates and defend their honor.

In This Episode We’ll Cover:

The myths and facts about carbs
Why eating for pleasure is equally as important as eating for nutrition
Why including carbs at every meal is critical
& MORE!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a DR Media Production.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm Wendy.
0:04.1	And I'm Jess, and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast.
0:07.0	Your online resource for inclusive and accessible wellness.
0:20.3	Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Food Heaven Podcast,
0:24.0	Wendy, quick question for you. Before you became a dietician,
0:28.4	what was your thought about carbohydrates?
0:31.5	To be honest, I didn't really think about carbohydrates as in carbohydrates.
0:37.8	I just carbs are one of my favorite foods.
0:42.2	I feel like potatoes has always been one of my faves.
0:45.7	And I would just kind of eat it and not really think about it.
0:49.9	However, when I did become a dietician, I feel like I started to notice that
0:55.7	so many carbs were demonized, especially carbs that come from Latin America
1:03.2	and the African diaspora.
1:05.4	Like, tortilla is like, oh my god, I can't tell you when I used to work in the clinics.
1:09.3	Like, all of the doctors, no tortillas.
1:12.1	And I'm like, leave tortillas alone or like the rice or like whatever.
1:16.6	Yeah.
1:17.8	I'm like, what in the world is not like, I never really used to think about it before.
1:21.6	And then when I became a dietician, I'm like, oh god, it's like everywhere.
1:25.2	Like everyone's hating on carbs.
1:27.2	I know, I agree.
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