Jen Cleveland - Government Health Advice Makes Kids Sick - #80

Almost 30 years after earning her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics as well as her master’s degree in Medical Science, Nutritionist Jen Cleveland continues to unlearn a lot of things she was taught about nutrition.

She has spent 30 years in the same big academic children’s healthcare institution. In that time, she has observed what she describes as an alarming increase in the number of children presenting with type-2 diabetes. She has worked with kids with high triglyceride levels, high LDL cholesterol, and a big population of kids with non-alcoholic fatty liver.

Given her years of experience working as a dietitian with children, she opens up in this episode about her opinions on the status of nutrition, various patient experiences, and how food plays a significant role in disease prevention, particularly for the younger population.

Quick Guide:
01:07 Introduction
03:52 Prediabetes and type-2 diabetes cases of children
10:14 The story of why she went into dietetics
13:35 The a-ha moment that changed everything
16:12 Low-carb diet isn’t working
19:34 How to check that your kid isn’t on the road to diabetes
27:54 The right amount of carbohydrates for the young
31:09 What is the diabetes solution?
36:19 The perspective of other dieticians
41:13 Success stories and how her work has changed
53:09 Contacts and closing

Get to know our guest:
Jen Cleveland received her diploma in 1992, the year the famed food pyramid was implemented. She has spent 30 years working with young diabetics and believes that proper diet is a crucial step toward disease prevention.

“But I tried to encourage them and let them know that this can be, because the doctors honestly, they do not go into a room saying you can reverse this. They go into the room saying this is how we are going to treat this and the first th

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