Welcome to the transform your diabetes program. I am really excited to be working with you, helping you to develop new strategies to manage your diabetes.
This page will be your go to point for all resources related to the program, it will contain links to upcoming zoom meetings & tools that will help you through this journey. If you have not already downloaded the recipe book please do so now.
There is a dedicated facebook group where you can post questions and/or exchange ideas with me and each other. If you have a facebook account I recommend joining this forum
This program is evidence based, it uses the peer reviewed and published research on nutrition and diabetes. When compared with low carbohydrate diets the evidence shows that a whole-plant food based approach can give you:
Have you had one of those days where you take your diabetes medications, or insulin, and your blood glucose remains really high and it does not matter what you do you can’t seem to make them come down? Most of us living with diabetes have had this. Perhaps your HbA1c has remained stubbornly high, perhaps your pre-diabetes has progressed to type 2 diabetes, or if you have type 2 diabetes you are needing more drugs to help you to manage your diabetes well (and that really is OK).
Let’s be honest diabetes is complex and it is difficult to live with. It is almost like everything that we are doing to manage our diabetes is working against us and this leads to frustration and distress (and once again that really is OK, if this is how you are feeling).
Every week after our coaching call the materials developed in the programme will be available here. We will also be using this page to broadcast any breaking news or links to other resources that can really help you in this journey.
Introduction of concepts and a further detailed look at introducing more whole plant foods into your diet.
Talking about low blood glucose levels, how to stop riding the blood glucose roller coaster and starting you on your journey to success.
The evening meal is typically the largest meal of the day, for most of us. Socially it is really important, it is all too often the only meal that you enjoy with loved ones and let’s be honest one of the most common expressions of love is to feed somebody, and to feed them well.
We have all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, this week we look at why that is particularly true for people with diabetes and we build the ideal breakfast for managing blood glucose levels and maximising insulin sensitivity.
We have built the perfect evening meal & the perfect breakfast so of course this week we will focus on lunch.
We have built the perfect breakfast, lunch and dinner. This week will will start the 21 day challenge.
We are now 7 days into the 21 day challenge and it is time to start talking about other ways that we can improve our insulin sensitivity. One really powerful way is to increase physical activity but you need some tools to manage your blood glucose levels.
We are now 14 days into the 21 day challenge and it is time to start talking about preventing post meal blood glucose spikes.
We have now reached the end of the 21 day challenge so it is time to celebrate your success.
Let’s talk about eating out
The Libre has certainly changed the lives of those with diabetes. It has been abounded that the Libre 2 is going to be available not he NHS from January 2021.
The big difference, Libre 2 uses bluetooth connections and will alert you automatically to low and high blood glucose levels.
It is not yet a true CGM as you still need to scan to see the actual readings. If you are using a device like a Miao Miao to turn your Libre into a CGM you will need to check that this will still work on Libre 2.
Prof. T. Colin Campbell shares his view of the relationship between nutrition and medicine. It turns out that fuelling our bodies with high quality nutrition may be more important than we think.
Could a plant-based diet offer some protection to remaining beta cells? Could it provide some protection against the auto-immune attack on the insulin producing cells? Some researchers seem to think so. At face value there are two cases mentioned, is that just a co-incidence?
I am going to mark this as a matter of interest; further research and evidence is needed in my opinion.