Understanding the Role of Vitamin D in Diabetes Management

Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience

Mastering Diabetes

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience, hosts Kylie and Lauren discuss the crucial role of vitamin D in managing diabetes. They highlight the importance of vitamin D in reversing insulin resistance, optimizing insulin sensitivity, and enhancing overall health.

The discussion covers how to obtain vitamin D through sunlight, diet, and supplementation. They address the seasonal aspect of vitamin D intake, especially for those living in northern regions, and emphasize the interconnectedness of micronutrients.

The hosts also talk about the significance of understanding one's vitamin D levels, the relationship between vitamin D and calcium, and practical tips for incorporating sunlight exposure into daily routines.

Join Kylie and Lauren as they shed light on why vitamin D is essential for both metabolic and hormonal health, making it a vital component for anyone managing diabetes.

Reach out to Kylie & Lauren with your questions, comments, and happy thoughts!

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00:00 Introduction

01:53 The Importance of Vitamin D

02:43 Vitamin D and Plant-Based Diets

05:24 Vitamin D's Role in Health

07:59 Vitamin D and Bone Health

17:36 Vitamin D's Impact on Mood and Hormones

21:34 Optimizing Insulin Sensitivity with Vitamin D

25:47 Practical Tips for Vitamin D Intake

28:57 Conclusion and Listener Engagement

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience, where we teach you how to sit in the driver's seat of your diabetes health for the rest of your life.
0:21.8	We'll teach you how to reverse insulin resistance, achieve your ideal body weight, gain
0:26.3	energy, and get your best A1C following more than 85 years of evidence-based research in the
0:32.5	mastering diabetes program.
0:34.8	Our program teaches you how to reverse pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes and how to simplify
0:41.5	your life with type 1 diabetes by maximizing your insulin sensitivity using food as medicine.
0:48.9	We're on a bold mission to reverse insulin resistance in one million people.
0:53.6	We're glad to have you joining us.
1:00.2	Okay, welcome back to the Green Glow podcast with Kylie and Lauren. We are here to get our
1:06.7	glow on. Let's go.
1:17.1	Hi, Lauren. Hey, Kylie, here we are. I've got pen in hand because you've already said a bunch of things I think are awesome. Amazing. And I'm going to steal them. I'm going to steal
1:21.0	them if you don't say them. Oh, okay. You're stealing my thoughts. I love that.
1:25.5	Yes, and because the first one I want to say before we get into
1:29.3	our topic today, which is a very cool topic, is that you immediately had mentioned that we should
1:34.3	be handed a manual to our bodies. And that will never happen. So we have to fill in the manual.
1:41.0	We have got to create the manual, buy yourself the folder, and create the manual to your
1:46.9	own body because no one's going to hand it to us. And so our topic, du jour, is, it's about vitamin D.
1:55.0	And it's the importance and the roles, the many, many, many hats and roles that vitamin D plays within our body.
2:03.2	You know, when it comes to any area of nutrition, you know, people, I think, generally have a curiosity, a strong curiosity of like, well, what should I be taking or how am I getting the nutrients that I need every day?
2:16.5	And this is one of those questions we get
2:18.3	all the time. Like if I'm eating a plant-based diet and full of nutrients and full of vitamins
2:24.2	and full of minerals, is there anything that I'm not getting from my diet alone, right? Is there
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