The Balanced Body Podcast

Hidden sugar is a tricky topic in gestational diabetes. Obviously it makes sense to keep your carb portions moderate and reduce foods with excessive amounts of sugar to avoid blood sugar spikes (and ...

10 Apr 202317min

I hope you LOVED listening to part 1 of Kate's birth story. In this second part, you'll hear all the juicy details of Kate's second pregnancy and birth, including how she handled a diagnosis of ges...

3 Apr 202346min

Gestational diabetes can be a lonely experience. It often isn't widely spoken about, and you might be dealing with feelings of guilt, shame and fear. I'm so passionate about starting more conversa...

27 Mar 202353min

You know those days, where no matter what you do, your blood sugar just skyrockets. You're eating all the same "safe" foods. You're exercising. You're drinking water. All of it. … Yet for some re...

20 Mar 202328min

Sick of erratic blood sugar numbers that won't seem to behave, no matter what you do? Well, in this episode I go through 6 things you can do that will absolutely guarantee perfect blood sugars, with m...

13 Mar 202316min

Have you ever felt frustrated as hell that you have to keep your fasting blood sugar under 5.0mmol/L… only to find out that some people seem to have it waaaay easier with a target of 5.5mmol/L? Or m...

6 Mar 202327min

So you've just got the results back from your glucose tolerance test and it's not great. Your blood sugar was high, and you've been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. You might be feeling upset, ove...

27 Feb 202343min

Ahhh fasting blood sugar - it can be such a nightmare!! It is super common to be advised to eat a snack before bed to help regulate your fasting blood sugar numbers, but what and when this snack sho...

20 Feb 202332min