#129: No, You Can’t "Eat Your Way" to Diabetes with Erin Phillips, RD & Diabetes Specialist
You cannot cause diabetes by eating sugar and carbs. And if that sounds wild to you, please tune in. Because Erin Phillips, a registered dietitian and diabetes specialist, joins to debunk common myths about diabetes.
You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of this condition, its connection to disordered eating, how to spot misinformation about nutrition for diabetes management, and ways to care for yourself without diet culture tactics. Erin and Abbie discuss the foundation of a weight-inclusive approach, and address rampant weight stigma and anti-fat bias in the diabetes space.
Some topics we get into:
Diabetes and insulin resistance (physiology)
Risk factors for diabetes
How diabetes is diagnosed
Should you be concerned about prediabetes?
Why dieting and weight loss are not treatments for diabetes
The connection between diabetes and disordered eating
Why there is so much self-blame in diagnoses
Medication for diabetes management
The role of sugar and carbohydrates
Whether you can prevent or reverse diabetes
...and much more
Erin is a registered dietitian, diabetes specialist, and private practice owner based in Seattle WA. Her work focuses on the intersection of diabetes and eating disorders, and she supports people living with diabetes in both 1-on-1 and group settings. She is super passionate about increasing access to weight-inclusive diabetes care, so also supports clinicians looking to increase their knowledge in this intersection through clinical supervision. When she's not working, she's creating a co-housing community in the heart of Seattle and listening to Taylor Swift. Find Erin on instagram: @erinphillipsnutrition, @glucoseriot, and on her website: www.erinphillipsnutrition.com
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