Should I Go Vegan if I Have Diabetes?
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Veganism is one of those topics that comes up a lot when I’m working with clients. Some people swear it changed their life, while others try it for a while and realize it’s not for them.
In this episode, Wendy and Jessica tackle this question head-on: Should you go vegan if you have diabetes? In this episode, we'll dive into the research and share practical advice. When it comes to diabetes management, there are a few things to weigh, and it’s not as simple as “vegan equals healthy.”
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital Podcast with Wendy and Jess. Today is episode |
| 0:06.6 | two in our series all about popular diets for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes. |
| 0:13.8 | And we could not have the series without talking about veganism. Today we're going to explore |
| 0:20.6 | if a vegan diet is a good fit for people |
| 0:23.5 | with diabetes, what the research says, and we're going to give you practical tips along the way. |
| 0:29.4 | Welcome to the Diabetes Digital podcast. I'm Wendy. And I'm Jess, and we're best friends, |
| 0:35.0 | registered dieticians, and diabetes educators. |
| 0:43.2 | Through our telehealth platform, diabetesdigital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and prediabetes. |
| 0:46.7 | Visit diabetes digital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. |
| 0:51.3 | We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. Now, |
| 0:54.8 | let's get into today's episode. This podcast is brought to you by Hero Bread. As dietitians, |
| 1:03.1 | we're always on the hunt for store-bought foods that we can confidently recommend to our patients. |
| 1:07.6 | But here is the catch anything we recommend has to actually taste good. |
| 1:12.4 | Life is short, and I both live to eat and eat to live. That's when Hero Bread reached out. |
| 1:18.7 | I'd seen them in stores, but I hadn't picked anything up yet, and they had sent a bunch of products |
| 1:23.2 | for us to try. Now, my husband and I, we love food and we were immediately hooked. Hero bread |
| 1:28.8 | isn't just tasty, it's functional too. Each serving has zero to two grams of net carbs, |
| 1:33.8 | no sugar, and four to 10 grams of protein depending upon the product. So the Hawaiian rolls, for example, |
| 1:39.6 | which are new and I love, they have four grams of protein per serving. It's perfect for managing blood sugar or |
| 1:45.8 | adding more protein while eating the bread you love. Their tortillas are a new favorite in my house. |
| 1:51.4 | My husband and I both love using them to make cassidias as quick snacks. I'm a big cassidia girl. |
| 1:56.8 | I've also been using their bread for sandwiches. I love making a sandwich for lunch because it's easy and it's filling, but I am picky about bread. |
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