Episode 3 with Gwendolyn Woody: diabetes coaching and eating water

Gwen and Traci talk about the role diabetes coaches play in diabetic healthcare and how they help support diabetics, as well as the growing rates of diabetes and how to eat your water instead of drinking it. All resources can be found at https://TheGestationalDiabetic.com/3/ TIMESTAMPS 1:26 - How Gwen helps diabetics as a coach - a more intimate level of care; owning this time in your life and getting support from your circle 9:14 - Mind-blowing statistics of diabetes in the United States 10:17 - How diabetes manifests in our body - because we don't necessarily feel high or low blood sugars 13:33 - Moms with gestational diabetes developing Type 2 diabetes within 5 years; using this time to make small changes and find a happy, healthy balance 19:00 - Gwen's September initiative on Instagram 19:21 - How to eat water 23:29 - How water plays a role in lowering blood sugar 24:25 - What temperature of water is best 25:10 - Last words of encouragement and strategy, and resources for more information

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Get evidence-based answers to the frequently asked questions about gestational diabetes, plus recipes and meal plans, expert interviews, and real birth stories. With the rapidly growing rate of diabetes, developing gestational diabetes is more likely than ever. We want every mom (mom-to-be) to be educated with evidence-based research so you can be an informed and confident member of your prenatal healthcare team and have the pregnancy you want. Whether you’re already diabetic, healthy as ever, eating low-carb, still in preconception, or whatever, you need to know how nutrition affects you, your pregnancy and your child. Join us to learn how to have the pregnancy and life you want through the food you eat. We’ll answer your questions, give tips, laugh and cry with you, all in the hopes of making the journey a bit easier - from preconception to postpartum, to motherly intuition and advocating for yourself, to handling judgment and criticism and so much more - we tackle it all.