Diabetes dietitian and author Lauren Plunkett joins Dotsie and Alexandra to talk about the power of a fiber-rich diet and how life-changing such a plant-based nutrition could be — especially when you're living with diabetes.
Living with type 1 diabetes herself, Lauren knows how daunting it is as the condition requires a lot of patience and attention. And it's definitely not helping to have health professionals around who are not able to dive deep into nutrition and tell someone that animal-based diets and dairy are actually doing more harm than good.
Lauren is the author of the book Type One Determination: Transforming Life with Type 1 Diabetes through Personal Experience, Scientific Evidence, and a Dash of Disobedience.
And you'll get to have a glimpse of that inspirational and educational book in this episode.
Here's the conversation:
- The type 1 diabetes symptoms she experienced as a child and how she learned to cope with her diagnosis - The truth about insulin and weight gain - Intermittent fasting - Diabetes and plant-based nutrition - The power of a fiber-rich diet - The importance of exercise in how it affects diabetes - Lauren Plunkett’s sound advice on how to communicate effectively with doctors - The benefits of not consuming cows’ milk
