Healthy Food on a Budget

Yumlish: Diabetes and Multicultural Nutrition

Do you need to spend a lot of money on food if you want a healthy diet? Can you use food as medicine? In this episode, Tami Ross corrects some misconceptions about diet and gives some tips on a healthy, cheap, and assessable diet focused on diabetes patients. She also talks about her books and what inspired her to write them.

Tami Ross is a nationally recognized registered dietitian, diabetes care and education specialist, author, spokesperson, blogger, and consultant with over 25 years of experience in diabetes care and education. She was named Diabetes Educator of the Year a few years back and served as the 2013 President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Tami has co-authored 11 books, including the bestseller, What Do I Eat Now? now in its 3rd edition. "A goal without a plan is just a wish."

"We want people to know that these days, there's not a one size fits all approach to healthy eating."

In this episode, you will learn about:

Tami’s journey into dietetics focused on diabetes

Her general approach to chronic illness management through nutrition Health tenants for people with diabetes

Food as Medicine Her book Diabetes Meals on $7 a Day or Less!

The misconception that eating healthy needs to be expensive

Her other book: What Do I Eat Now and What Do I Cook Now Diabetes Plate Method

Blood sugar and weight loss

How to connect with Tami Ross on social media

Keynotes:

[00:00] Intro with Shireen

[01:56] What led Tami to a career in dietetics

[03:10] Chronic illness managed through nutrition

[06:48] Health tenants for people with diabetes

[10:10] Her book - Diabetes Meals on $7 a Day or Less!

[12:43] Her book - What Do I Eat Now and What Do I Cook Now

[13:28] Carbs and blood sugar

[14:57] Diabetes Plate Method

[15:25] How to get connected with Tami!

Contact Tami Ross!

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tami.ross/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WhatdoIeatnow

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tami-ross-94300029/

Twitter https://twitter.com/tamirossrd

Website http://www.tamirossrd.com/

Read her books!

What Do I Eat Now and What Do I Cook Now: https://www.amazon.com/What-Cook-Now-Cookbook-Prediabetes/dp/1580407609

Diabetes Meals on $7 a Day or Less!: https://www.amazon.com/Diabetes-Meals-Day-Less-Breaking/dp/1580402720

Connect with Yumlish!

Website https://yumlish.com/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/yumlish_/

Twitter https://twitter.com/yumlish_

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/yumlish/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/yumlish/

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