Interview With Diabetes Author Gretchen Becker

Gretchen Becker says going low-carb for diabetes control is "extreme"

We're living in strange times as it relates to diabetes health nowadays. We know that carbohydrates stimulate increases in blood sugar and insulin and yet the major diabetes organizations like the American Diabetes Association (ADA) ENCOURAGES a high-carb, low-fat diet for people with this disease. How bassackwards is that? Sure, the ADA says low-carb is good for weight loss up to one year, but what about the positive effects of blood sugar and insulin control that comes from carbohydrate restriction? Today's podcast interview guest is a self-educated Type 2 diabetic who was not able to get it under control until she started livin' la vida low-carb.

In Episode 267 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we hear from Gretchen Becker, author of a series of books on diabetes as well as co-author of The Four Corners Diet. You'll hear Gretchen talk about her severe diabetes diagnosis, why the ADA diet failed her, what a low-carb diet did to help control her diabetes along with medications, details about the various books she has available for people, why saturated fat may lead to greater insulin resistance, her new diabetes blog called "Wildly Fluctuating," and how diabetics controlled their disease prior to insulin. Gretchen is a self-made diabetes expert and has quite a bit to say about this subject as it relates to low-carb living. ENJOY!

Click here to listen to my half-hour interview with Gretchen Becker about low-carb and diabetes.