494-Type 2: A Non-Diet Approach To Diabetes with Kristie Messerli

You were told to lose weight and cut carbs. What if neither one is the treatment for type 2 diabetes?

I was diagnosed with prediabetes at 38, right after my last diet. Today I don't have diabetes, and I'm in a bigger body than I was then.

So I brought every type 2 diabetes myth I've heard in 10 years of coaching to Kristie Messerli, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist who works weight-neutral.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What type 2 diabetes actually is, and why it starts years before the diagnosis
• Why sugar and body size are not the causes you were told they were
• How weight cycling affects insulin resistance over time
• Why cutting carbs can backfire, and what to do instead
• The difference between reversal and remission, and why medication is not a moral failure

Mentioned in the show:

Kristie's website: https://dietitiankristie.com/

Kristie on Instagram (@type2diabetes.nutritionist): https://www.instagram.com/type2diabetes.nutritionist/

Kristie's podcast, Simplifying Diabetes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simplifying-diabetes/id1895055236

Confident, my program on body acceptance and the confidence that grows from it: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/confident