The Gestational Diabetic Podcast

What does it mean to eat your water? Gwen, a diabetes coach, explains how to eat water and the important role diabetes coaches play in your support.

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Episode 3 - Diabetes coaches and how to eat your water instead of drinking it

Diabetes coaches are a new level of care that offer a more intimate and affirmative type of support that other healthcare professionals can't. Gwendolyn Woody, a nurse, nutritionist and diabetes coach explains this.

Gwen also tells how we can eat water, instead of drinking it, to remain hydrated and continually flush out our bodies.

What We Talked About

1:26 - How Gwen helps diabetics as a coach - a more intimate level of care; owning this time in your life and getting support from your circle
9:14 - Mind-blowing statistics of diabetes in the United States
10:17 - How diabetes manifests in our body - because we don't necessarily feel high or low blood sugars
13:33 - Moms with gestational diabetes developing Type 2 diabetes within 5 years; using this time to make small changes and find a happy, healthy balance
19:00 - Gwen's September initiative on Instagram
19:21 - How to eat water
23:29 - How water plays a role in lowering blood sugar
24:25 - What temperature of water is best
25:10 - Last words of encouragement and strategy, and resources for more information

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Resources

Gwen's online course - "The Diabetic Plate is an introductory program filled with responses to the questions that my clients stated that the medical team did not answer when they where diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes."