Is there such a thing as too many snacks?
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Snacking often gets labeled as “eating too much,” or something you shouldn’t need because you “just ate.” In this episode, we talk about why snacking can actually be helpful and important for energy, focus, and blood sugar stability. We’ll cover why some people naturally need more snacks than others, how life stages and medications play a role, and what balanced snacks can do to support steadier glucose throughout the day.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital podcast. You are being joined by |
| 0:06.5 | just me today. This is Wendy, the co-founder of Diabetes Digital. And we're going to be talking about |
| 0:12.8 | snacking. A question that we get asked often is, is there such a thing as too many snacks? Like, |
| 0:20.2 | how do you know how many snacks you should be having? |
| 0:22.5 | Especially if you have blood sugar fluctuations, should you cap the amount of snacks that you should |
| 0:28.9 | have during the day? So, want to get into that. Welcome to the Diabetes Digital Podcast. I'm Wendy. |
| 0:36.6 | And I'm Jess, and we're best friends, registered dieticians, and diabetes educators. |
| 0:41.3 | Through our telehealth platform, DiabetesDiBesdigital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes. |
| 0:50.3 | Visit Diabetesdigital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. |
| 0:55.0 | We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. |
| 0:58.2 | Now, let's get into today's episode. |
| 1:02.0 | I'll start by saying that there's nothing wrong with snacking. |
| 1:05.9 | And in my experience, there's two camps. |
| 1:08.9 | There's people that snack and there's people who don't. |
| 1:11.7 | For example, I'm not a snacker. I've never been a big snacker. I like just having my meals. |
| 1:18.2 | There isn't necessarily a right way. Some people just prefer to have a little something in between meals. |
| 1:25.1 | That's absolutely okay. And it can actually be helpful, |
| 1:29.2 | especially if you have big fluctuations with your blood sugar. It might help you keep those blood |
| 1:34.1 | sugars a lot more stable, especially if you are planning those snacks out and you're pairing |
| 1:40.1 | different food groups together. Many people need snacks for energy, for focus, like I said, |
| 1:46.2 | for stable blood sugar. And this idea of like less food is better is definitely not helpful. |
| 1:54.9 | It's not going to be helpful for your blood sugars. It's not going to help you feel satiated |
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