Is intuitive eating healthy if you’re pre-diabetic or have insulin resistance? Shouldn’t you cut back on sugar and carbs, especially bread to lower your blood sugar?
These questions come up regularly when I’m talking with women in midlife. They know that dieting and restricting food don’t work for them like they used to.
But what about health? Can intuitive eating help balance blood sugar while still eating bread and sweets?
The answer is yes!
Midlife is about adding rather than subtracting – especially if you’ve been subtracting or restricting foods through dieting over the years
Midlife should be about new strategies to improve your health, not harder ones.
My guest on this Savor Food and Body Podcast episode is Lisa Crawford, a professional baker, culinary instructor, and local foodie for all the right, non-diet culture reasons
In this episode, Lisa shares her passion for baking artisan bread and supporting local farmers, all while improving her blood sugar.
Listen as Lisa gives you a behind-the-scenes view of her sourdough bread-baking process.
She explains why not all bread is created equal when it comes to nutrition, preservation, and taste satisfaction.
Lisa explores the difference between bread made with flour that’s been locally milled vs bread made with flour from conventionally grown and milled grain.
We wrap up our conversation with Lisa sharing her story about her blood sugar creeping up post-menopause and how she prioritized her health by adding rather than subtracting foods.
The Tiny Kitchen is a WSDA Cottage Food Licensed baking space. They specialize in using flour grown and milled in Washington State. These flours are unique wheat varietals, grown and milled with care, resulting in products with flavors all their own.
Bread from the Tiny Kitchen near Seattle, Washington is 100% sourdough, using only flour, water, and sea salt, along with Bob, Lisa’s 15-year-old sourdough starter, and his pal, 3-year-old, Agnes. This bread is Pacific Northwest through and through, done in a European style.
Beyond great flour, The Tiny Kitchen sweets are made with as many organic ingredients as possible, fairly-traded sugars and chocolate, and local fruits.
Learn more and get on their email mailing list at The Tiny Kitchen
Related episodes and resources
Why carbs matter during perimenopause
Bread Lab, Washington State University
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