

Episode 031: Eye on Nutrition for Diabetes
6 snips Jun 19, 2025
Jacinda Shapiro is a Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator who focuses on plant-based nutrition for managing diabetes. In this conversation, she highlights the critical link between diabetes and vision loss. Jacinda shares her journey into plant-based living and discusses the different types of diabetes. They explore the serious complications of poorly controlled diabetes and how a plant-based diet can be a game-changer for management. Listeners will gain practical lifestyle strategies to prevent diabetes and improve overall health through nutrition.
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Life-Changing Plant-Based Transition
- Jacinda Shapiro shifted from a ketogenic diet to a plant-based one after her son's asthma and her health improved dramatically.
- Within three months, her son's asthma stopped, and her cholesterol and lupus markers normalized with plant-based eating.
Fat Drives Insulin Resistance
- All diabetes types share complications rooted in insulin resistance.
- Dietary fat, not sugar, mainly drives insulin resistance causing type 2 diabetes.
Understanding LADA and MODY
- MODY is a genetic form of diabetes due to one parent's gene.
- LADA is a slower-progressing autoimmune diabetes occurring after age 30.