The Eye-Q Podcast

Episode 031: Eye on Nutrition for Diabetes

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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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ANECDOTE

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.
INSIGHT

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.
INSIGHT

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.
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