Mar 14, 2022
Diabetes is a disease
where your body either can't produce insulin or can't properly use
the insulin it produces. Insulin is an important hormone produced
by your pancreas that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood.
In the United States alone 37.3 million people are diagnosed with
diabetes - that's over 10% of the population. But living with
diabetes does not mean living a restricted or unbalanced
life!
In today’s episode, I
talk to Kristie, a Certified Diabetes Care, and Education
Specialist. During her seven years of being a dietitian, Kristie
was always engulfed in the diet culture world, especially in
regards to weight loss and diabetes management, which didn't align
with her morals so she made the switch to focusing on support for
diabetes and diabetes management.
During our
conversation, Kristie shares how the dietetics community really
lacked the support and understanding for diabetes and diabetes
care. She explains what Health at Every Size means when it comes to
approaching diabetes, challenges with weight loss when managing
diabetes, and why diabetes is not a death sentence!
In this
episode, we cover:
- Kristie shares how she got into dietetics and how Health at
Every Size is applied to diabetes [1:57]
- Misinformation and adding morals to food when it comes to
diabetes [8:21]
- The biggest challenges women face when managing diabetes
[12:54]
- Low calorie does not mean lower blood sugar and other things
you need to unlearn [18:02]
- Switching the mindset to gentle nutrition [24:40]
- How the Online Entrepreneur Academy has helped Kristie and her
business [28:33]
- Why diabetes is not a death sentence [33:20]
- Does intermittent fasting help? [36:25]
Connect with Kristie:
IG: @type2diabetes.nutritionist
Email: dietitiankristie@gmail.com
Connect with Deanna:
IG: @dietitiandeanna
Website: https://dietitiandeanna.com
This episode is sponsored by the Online Entrepreneur Academy.
Are you a dietitian or female wellness expert that's feeling
undervalued in your job? Not passionate about what you're doing, or
are you working one to one with clients now and want to scale your
private practice to group an online coach courses and programs,
then OEA is perfect for you. This is a three month high touch
coaching program and we are currently enrolling for our next
cohort. Go here
to apply.