Susan Weiner owner of Susan Weiner Nutrition, PLLC is an award-winning nutritionist, author, and speaker. Susan earned her master’s degree in Applied Physiology and Nutrition from Columbia University. Susan was 2015’s ADCES Diabetes Educator of the Year and received the 2022’s Distinguished Service Award from the Diabetes Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (A.N.D). Yumlish welcomes Susan to discuss incorporating a healthy lifestyle to help maintain diabetes. Susan will provide some suggestions on starting and keeping a good exercise routine and eating healthy.
“[It] is about speaking up because once you speak up, we will advocate for you and try to improve food access to you”
Question of the Day: How has a healthy lifestyle changed your life?
In this episode you will learn:
Accepting diabetes diagnosis
Mental health and diabetes
Developing an exercise plan
How food can help control diabetes
Stress and regular health appointments
Food access in communities of color and diabetes management
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Key Points:
00:00 Intro with Shireen!
00:54 Welcome Susan
01:12 Susan’s journey to becoming a nutritionist
02:20 Accepting diabetes diagnosis
04:30 Mental health around diabetes diagnosis
07:06 Diabetes and exercise
10:18 Food and diabetes
12:43 Dysfunctional eating habits
16:10 The stress of content weighing and healthcare appointments
18:13 Positive language and diabetes care
20:11 Changing patients' views about diabetes self-care
21:33 Food access and diabetes management
26:04 Question of the day
26:22 Outro with Shireen!
