Get a glimpse into the upcoming Health UNMUTED series focused on type 2 diabetes. With approximately 34,000,000 people in the United States affected by this condition, including children, the Type 2 Diabetes Podcast aims to engage, educate, and empower listeners.
After hearing the words “You have diabetes,” it can be difficult to focus on all the information that comes next.
Diabetes is a lifelong journey, and this miniseries is a guide to get started in the right direction.
Each narrative episode shares insights from people with diabetes, caregivers and health experts.
This unique podcast miniseries helps explain the condition, highlight trustworthy information and resources, and provide support on the journey as you learn to manage and maintain your health.
Some of the topics we will discuss throughout the series include:
- What is Diabetes? - Understanding insulin, glucose, and the impact on the body.
- What are the Risk Factors? - Exploring factors such as lack of exercise, poor diet, obesity, and family history that contribute to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
- What are the Symptoms? - Insights into the pre-diagnosis experiences and symptoms of individuals living with type 2 diabetes.
- How to Manage Diabetes? - Discussing lifestyle changes, including diet, exercise, and medication, as well as busting common myths about food and nutrition.
- What medications are available? - Learn about new medications and treatments for type 2 diabetes.
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[00:00:00] Every cell in our body needs glucose, which is basically sugar to run. So our body lives off of glucose.
[00:00:30] And that number is rising, including among kids. But with healthy lifestyle changes and other interventions, Type 2 Diabetes can be managed and even reversed.
[00:00:39] We talk about all of that in the Type 2 Diabetes Podcast. In each episode of this mini-series, we hear from medical experts, caregivers, and people who live with diabetes to engage, educate, and empower listeners.
[00:00:52] We'd love your help getting to show out to all of those affected, not just those who are living with Type 2 Diabetes, but their loved ones as well.
[00:00:59] To learn more about how you can be involved, visit healthunmuted.com or drop us a line at helloathealthunmuted.com. Enjoy this preview of the upcoming Type 2 Diabetes Podcast.
[00:01:12] In episode 1, we'll explain the basics about how diabetes develops and affects the body.
[00:01:17] Insulin is something we all need that's naturally produced in the body.
[00:01:23] Insulin is important and carries glucose into our cells, but in Type 2 Diabetes...
[00:01:29] The cell does not recognize the insulin and therefore cannot accept the glucose to use it as energy and break it down and turn it into energy.
[00:01:37] If glucose can't get into the cells, it builds up in the bloodstream instead and can cause problems like heart disease and stroke.
[00:01:45] Throughout this series, we'll hear from people living with Type 2 Diabetes, like Oscar Kamehau.
[00:01:51] My doctor called me on a Sunday and said go to the emergency room now.
[00:01:57] I dropped everything and was in there for five days and that's when I learned that I had developed Type 2 Diabetes.
[00:02:04] I was about 268 pounds and I felt myself being tired a lot.
[00:02:10] And we'll learn what symptoms Oscar and other people often experience before diagnosis.
[00:02:15] Increased hunger and eating more, more frequent need to urinate, and increased thirst in wanting to drink water more often or other beverages.
[00:02:24] In episode 2, we'll learn about risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes.
[00:02:29] Lack of exercise, poor diet, lots of sugar, lots of carbs.
[00:02:33] Obesity being overweight.
[00:02:35] I knew that being a Hispanic woman in my 40s with a family history of Type 2 Diabetes was going to put me at increased risk.
[00:02:43] And then later episodes, we'll talk about how Type 2 Diabetes can be managed and even sent into remission.
[00:02:50] It is not a death sentence, it's really a wake up call because there are very specific things you can do to improve your overall lifestyle to hopefully get your blood sugars under control.
[00:03:00] I've lost over 80 something pounds and I've been able to maintain it through the diet and exercise.
[00:03:07] For some people, medication is also an important part of managing Type 2 Diabetes.
[00:03:12] So we go into the different types of medications in episode 4.
[00:03:15] We have insulin for people that need insulin if they're not making enough insulin just in the last decade or so there's just been a lot of new classes of medications that have been approved for diabetes.
[00:03:25] And throughout the Type 2 Diabetes mini-series, we'll bust common myths about diet and how food affects blood sugar.
[00:03:32] The most common misconception about food and nutrition is you have to stop eating carbohydrates.
[00:03:39] We need carbohydrates, they fuel our energy, they fuel our body.
[00:03:42] And most importantly, we'll hear how a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes isn't the end of the road but it is an invitation to adopt a new lifestyle and a different relationship to food into your body.
[00:03:54] It can be overwhelming, it can be a lot, be kind to yourself.
[00:03:59] You can do it, it's your journey and just stay with it.