How I went from a sugar addicted eater (who thought real food came from a box or can)...
to a girl with a garden shop and a mission...
Sugar was my drug. But we all know what happens when you do too many drugs....
Not my day job running a garden shop selling backyard edibles...
Or my award winning program teaching a locavores diet to school kids..... Or even giving up refined sugar three years running.....
prepared me for what I discovered next...
One out of every three suffer from a high blood sugar condition called prediabetes. And most of us who have it - don't know it.
Wait!
I have what???
Remember - I'm the girl who made her living teaching others how to grow healthy food and create wholesome meals.
Plus, I was passing on the sweets and desserts like a champion.
So when the results of a blood test (taken to ease my worry over a tick bite) showed prediabetic levels, it was time to question everything I thought I knew about healthy eating...
Where could my idea of good food have gone so terribly wrong?
Prediabetes is a condition where blood sugar levels are unusually high. There are few symptoms & most who suffer from it don't know they have it.
Left untreated, it can progress into full blown type 2 diabetes. A disease with no cure.
It can be reversed with diet + lifestyle changes
Now I'm on a mission to show others how to eat better more often.
Then I discovered that I'm not the only one who needed a plan.
There's lot's of us - diagnosed with pre diabetes - who need a simple, no frills, work any time strategy.
The kind that combines science and common sense.
A plan that nourishes your body and simplifies your busy life. Giving you a...
roadmap for food choices
ideas for meal prep
strategies with easy execution
Join a growing community of healthy eaters in my free Facebook group Savvy Spoonfuls.
Where we're managing our high blood sugar with our fork.
It's a place to hang out, celebrate wins, learn new recipes & tips and share in our collective journey to health. See ya there!