Episode 5 - Food freedom despite diabetes, & diabetes & the Keto diet

Were you told you can't eat certain foods because of diabetes? Registered dietitian, Madalyn Vasquez, talks about retaining yourself & your culture despite diabetes, treating it long term, & the Keto diet. All resources mentioned can be found at https://thegestationaldiabetic.com/5-2/ TIMESTAMPS 2:45 - Madalyn's introduction and why she shifted her focus to diabetes 5:05 - Still enjoying the foods you love and eating your cultural foods 10:05 - You are not your disease. You have more control over your health than you think. 12:50 - Environmental factors that affect diabetes 14:06 - The origin of the Keto diet and eating Keto to treat diabetes 16:53 - Reversing the ill-logic and first impressions of fad diets 19:32 - Keto is not sustainable for long term or treating diabetes because everyone is different: food freedom for your lifestyle 28:06 - Be gracious with yourself during this time: last words

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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.