262: Career Pivots and Reducing Your Risk of Diabetes with Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Digital Co-founder, Wendy Lopez

In this episode, I sit down with Wendy Lopez, Registered Dietician/Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Educator, to discuss all things blood glucose health and diabetes. She talks about starting Food Heaven, an inclusive nutrition platform, with her best friend and fellow R.D. Jess and why they decided to pivot once it started to feel like too much. She also explains why diabetes is so prevalent in black and brown communities, why she and Jess founded their nutrition tech platform Diabetes Digital, and how you can influence blood sugar and insulin with lifestyle and nutrition choices. Finally, Wendy answers listener questions on reducing your risk of diabetes if you have a family history, how you can manage gestational diabetes during pregnancy, how LADA (diabetes 1.5) works, and more.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• On starting Food Heaven with her best friend and fellow RD, Jess
• On transparency around burnout and how it felt to pivot away from the Food Heaven platform
• How and why Wendy and Jess founded Diabetes Digital, a nutrition tech platform
• Why diabetes is so prevalent in black and brown communities
• The differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
• On lifestyle factors that influence blood sugar and insulin 
• On meal balancing with fat, carbs, and protein to curb a blood sugar spike
• On the mechanisms behind Ozempic and how it influences diabetes
• Listener questions on:
• Prediabetes and lifestyle factors that can lower blood sugar
• Reducing your risk of diabetes if you have a family history
• Gestational diabetes and how to manage it while pregnant
• On LADA (Diabetes 1.5)
• How CGMs (blood glucose monitors) work
• How Diabetes Digital works to help patients manage their diabetes

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