Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital podcast.

You are tuned in with Wendy, the other half of Diabetes Digital.

And I'm going to be talking about salads today.

I feel like salads are one of those like foods, meals, that it gets framed as like essential to healthy eating, especially when it comes to

diabetes, insulin resistance. And I know that a lot of people just don't like them.

They find them unsatisfying. They get bored with salads. They just don't like to eat cold

foods. And I know culturally, too, like in some cultures,

vegetables might be consumed more so cooked, warm instead of cold. So we're going to be talking

today about whether salads are actually required for health reasons, what nutrients people are usually trying to get from them,

and plenty of non-salid ways to meet those needs.

Welcome to the Diabetes Digital Podcast.

I'm Wendy.

And I'm Jess, and we're best friends, registered dieticians, and diabetes educators.

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nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and prediabetes.

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Now, let's get into today's episode.

So jumping right in, the short answer is no.

If you don't like salads, you don't have to eat salads.

That is the good news.

Why are salads pushed so hard?

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