91. Managing Your Blood Sugar with Kristie Messerli

Welcome back to The Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast!

PCOS and diabetes are closely linked, especially since Insulin Resistance (IR) is a major role player for both conditions. Keeping your blood sugar levels stable with nutrition and lifestyle changes is an important way to prevent and/or manage your diabetes risk. 

On today’s episode I sat down with Kristie Messerli, Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator to discuss this in depth!

Kristie shares why managing blood sugars throughout the day is so important and how to do so without restriction or dieting. We also discuss non-food ways to manage diabetes and how to get those pesky morning numbers under control. 

 Kristie also shared her thoughts on topics such as:

• The glycemic index
• Holiday eating
• Monitoring blood sugar levels throughout the day
• Blood sugar “hacks”
• Mindset changes for success

Get ready for Kristie to bust myths around eating carbs daily with IR, PCOS and Diabetes and eating the foods you love this holiday season and in general!

Buckle up! There is A LOT of incredibly valuable information in this episode, you’re going to love it!

What You’ll Learn on this Podcast Episode:

• Should you be eating carbs with IR and Diabetes?
• Top tips for managing blood sugars throughout the day.
• Non-food ways to balance blood sugars and IR.
• Breakfast and managing morning blood sugars.
• Having a nighttime snack (with ideas!)
• Insulin Resistance: Do you manage IR the same way as Diabetes?
• Insulin Resistance: Should you be wearing a continuous glucose monitor?
• Should you be following a Low GI Diet?
• How to manage IR.
• Having an All or Nothing mindset.

Helpful PCOS Links:

• Downloadable resource: Mastering Your Diagnosis ebook 
• Follow Kristie on Instagram
• Follow me on Instagram