Episode 115: Why Your Body Needs Carbs w/ Carlie Saint-Laurent Beaucejour


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In this episode of The Up-Beet Dietitians podcast, Emily and Hannah are joined by fellow carb lover, Carlie Saint-Laurent Beaucejour. Carlie dives into what carbs are exactly, how our body uses them, and what happens if we restrict them from our body. She also dives into her favorite ways to include carbs in meals and snacks as well as provides some advice on how to make peace with them if you don’t have the best relationship with them.

Carlie is a registered dietitian, owner of virtual nutrition private practice "Crave with Carlie" focusing on women's preventative nutrition specifically in diabetes and high blood pressure and helping people improve their relationship with food. She is a mom, wife, and former dancer who currently lives in Baltimore MD.

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    Hello everybody welcome back to a brand

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    new episode of the upbeat dietitians

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    today we are joined by a new guest named

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    Cari Cari is a registered dietitian

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    owner of virtual nutrition Private

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    Practice crave with Carly which focuses

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    on women's preventative nutrition

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    specifically in diabetes and high blood

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    pressure

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    and helping people improve their

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    relationship with food Carly is a mom a

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    wife and a former dancer Who currently

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    lives in Baltimore Maryland and we are

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    talking with her all about carbs it's a

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    great one you're gonna love

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    it thumbs up

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    enjoy enjoy Carly welcome to the upbeat

    Meet Carly

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    dieticians podcast thank you for having

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    me we are so excited today we're going

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    to get into all things carard which I

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    mean that's going to be a great

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    conversation everybody loves carbs or if

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    they don't we're going to go over why

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    maybe they should um but before we get

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    into the good juicy carb stuff walk us

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    through Like A Day in the Life what you

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    do for work Hobbies let our listeners

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    get to know you a little bit yes so my

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    name is Carly I'm currently based in

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    Baltimore Maryland I'm originally from

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    New York Long Island born and raised um

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    I went to school at University of

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    Delaware where I got my di dietetics

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    degree as well as um did my distance

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    dietetic internship to become a

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    registered dietitian um day in the life

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    right now is very different you know

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    asked me three months from now and it

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    will be different I have a toddler so he

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    kind of runs my schedule right now and

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    this summer we did not have a babysitter

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    so it's really based on his schedule and

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    when I have time I do social media

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    content for my business cre with Carly

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    um a virtual nutrition Private Practice

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    I do most of my marketing through social

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    media um I do one-on-one counseling

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    helping women improve their food food uh

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    the relationship with food to help them

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    Reach their nutrition goals their health

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    goals so they can enjoy eating again and

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    not be so confused about what to eat and

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    overwhelmed and just be confident in

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    their food choices so every day is

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    different you know sometimes it could be

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    um one-on-one counseling virtually it

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    can be working with brand Partners you

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    know a recipe developing writing blogs

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    or it can be watching Finding Nemo and

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    trying to um comb through his hair so

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    every day is different right now what an

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    amazing schedule but also sounds very

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    chaotic but understandably so that your

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    toddler runs your life I think whenever

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    we have moms on the podcast it tends to

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    be a very similar story that we'll he

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    but

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    amazing now that in all things we love

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    everything you do hence why we came you

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    are on the podcast um but let's get into

    What are carbs

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    to the bulk of the episode so Hannah and

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    I were talking about this actually

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    before you hoop down how we haven't

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    talked about carbs in a very very long

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    time so we're going to do a general

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    little overview can you talk us through

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    like what are carbs what types of foods

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    contain carbs because there is this like

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    preconceived interpretation of what a

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    carb is but could you define that for us

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    yes so I love talking about carbs carbs

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    are one of my favorite topics especially

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    talking to my clients about it just

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    because it's always like an eye opener

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    um carbs are essentially sugar you know

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    it's a glucose that you know the number

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    one energy source that our body uses and

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    what are carbs is kind of how I like to

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    break it down is the famous my plate and

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    looking at the different food groups and

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    I would say about 20% of my clients

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    actually get the answer right and as we

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    know as dietitians technically all the

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    food groups have carbs so when people

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    say they are eliminating cards or

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    cutting out carbs I like okay what what

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    do you mean like let's talk about it

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    what do you mean when you say that um

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    you know what are actually carbs and

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    you'll be surprised how many people you

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    guys know but know people may be

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    surprised like what like a lot of people

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    don't know what carbs are it's like oh

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    wow Dairy has carbs I didn't know that

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    fruit has carbs um you know you know

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    protein you your your plant-based

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    proteins your beans peas lentils are you

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    know great sources of carbs so it's

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    always just an eye opener and I think

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    for some actually clients is like they

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    need like like a week to digest that um

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    because they're just like oh my gosh

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    like I didn't realize that so I think

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    when people talk about cutting out sugar

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    they may think about more the simple

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    carbs um that are you know your your

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    cookies your cakes your your treats your

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    um sodas juices so you have your simple

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    carbs which are carbs that just break

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    down really quickly and you feel you

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    feel hungry you know very fast and then

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    you have your complex carbs which are

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    mostly coming from those food groups

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    that I was talking about your you know

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    your plant-based proteins your grains

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    fruits vegetables um your complex carbs

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    they take a little bit longer to digest

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    he are Fuller for Fuller longer and they

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    help you know stabilize our blood sugars

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    and typically have more nutrients I feel

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    like it's like a universal dietition

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    experience to have someone say I'm

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    cutting out carbs and we're like okay

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    what does that mean exactly that's LA on

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    that yeah yeah and then they're always

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    like shocked when I say because like I

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    don't know if you guys do this visual

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    but I like to visualize it like in

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    slices of breads because as we know like

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    carb counting um so I'm like you need

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    like I'm just going to give like the

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    average 15 slices of breads a day like

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    I'm not telling them to eat 15 slices of

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    bread you want to you know have variety

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    and they're just like how is that even

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    possible Shell Shocked yeah how's it

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    even possible so yeah we need our carbs

    Why do carbs matter

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    well that's a good segue actually tell

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    us why like if someone is like okay I

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    get it like carbs are important y y y we

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    get them from these Foods why why do

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    they actually matter so much like why

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    are usrds always being so annoying about

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    how important they are well because as

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    you know diet culture typically says the

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    opposite and um people actually end up

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    fearing it so they they don't want to

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    touch it they and they feel guilty about

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    eating it when they want it and they

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    crave it so you know and we know why you

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    craving it because you're restricting it

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    so let's look at how we can incorporate

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    into your diet so you know you don't

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    feel guilty about it you know learn

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    learn about car so you you actually

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    understand it better um but we need it

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    because like I said it's the number one

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    energy source and the preferred source

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    that our body uses about half of our

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    energy should be coming from carbs and

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    um and I have to stress the variety of

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    carbs you know we shouldn't just be

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    getting it from One Source now I'm all

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    about variety and different types of of

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    foods so you know knowing where to get

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    your your carbs from how much you know

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    for you that feels good for you and

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    everybody's body is different I think a

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    good analogy is is just

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    like a plant you know different plants

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    depending on the species need a

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    different amount of sunlight for their

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    their energy so everybody even like our

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    own bodies through our lives from a baby

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    to teenager to you know if you're a

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    woman maybe pregnancy so like when you

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    get older your energy needs change so

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    your carb needs also change and it's

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    just that's where that education piece

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    and working with a dietitian I think is

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    is so helpful so you don't have to fear

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    carbs um you have a better understanding

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    and yeah you feel good about it I'm sure

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    so many people are so excited to hear

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    everything you're saying right now just

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    because of how much carbs get demonized

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    all the time I feel like I don't know I

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    don't know if I have a

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    good idea of like how many years they've

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    been demonized but I feel like every

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    corner of the internet you can find it

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    in some way whether it's like keto or

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    the carnivore diet or just like General

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    carb hating in general

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    um I'm sure many people are happy to

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    hear that let's go to the flip side say

    Restricting carbs

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    someone does choose to

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    restrict these wonderful carbs from

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    their life yeah how or what might they

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    experience and what might their body go

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    through if they're still they're still

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    on the fence yeah so when people are you

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    know I'm all about meeting you where

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    you're at so if you want to do keto

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    which is a low carb diet um you know my

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    first answer is no why you know and know

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    why why do you want to do that and for

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    how long I think is a good good good um

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    you know question to ask because for

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    like we know low carb cannot be a

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    long-term solution you know I feel like

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    what year was it when keto was like such

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    a big thing like 2018 like how many of

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    those people are still doing doing keto

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    now so we know it's not longterm and

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    when we are low you know low blood

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    sugars um low low carb you for me

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    personally I'm hangry you don't want to

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    talk to me you know I have a headache

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    I'm just weak I'm tired and yeah when

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    you are through that that ketosis phase

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    you are fatigued headache brain fog um

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    bad bad breath so those are some some

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    things when you do restrict carbs um at

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    first so yeah you know those can be

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    symptoms that we don't don't want um I

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    don't think we realize how much our food

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    can can impact our our energy levels our

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    mood our sleeping and just like just

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    like living life and I feel like people

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    tend to blame themselves too when they

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    experience those types of symptoms they

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    like H I'm like I have so little

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    willpower so little motivation why am I

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    craving these carbs It's like because

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    you need them your body is like going

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    through like a deficiency of that

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    particular nutrient like it's not your

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    fault your body truly is like screaming

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    at you to get that exact thing in yeah y

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    I really enjoyed how you brought up like

    How long will it last

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    asking the question of how long they

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    plan to be it on I don't I don't know if

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    I ever really think of that when I'm

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    talking to anyone or like just in

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    general when I'm seeing anything online

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    where someone States they do some type

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    of like dietary

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    modification and there's no really

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    discussion of like how long this is

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    supposed to be for or like what you plan

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    to do and I don't know if that's really

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    a thought that many people have I feel

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    like and I don't want to speak for

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    everyone in the world because obviously

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    I do I do not know everyone's thoughts

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    but when people start maybe like a low

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    carb

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    diet and they're like I'm going to start

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    doing this the long the long term as in

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    like year two years like multiple years

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    might not be always in the Forefront and

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    of their brain and it's just something

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    like good to think about and reflect on

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    like how long do I want to sustain this

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    for so I I love that question I will be

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    keeping that in mind for my own personal

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    resources yeah but something really good

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    to reflect on definitely definitely

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    because I'm all about like you know do

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    what's best for you but like how long

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    how long can we do that can do you see

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    see yourself doing that for 10 years 15

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    years you know people like when they try

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    to change their nutrition they tend to

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    go like a 100,000% all in like I'm

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    cutting out this I'm I'm like working

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    out two times a day seven times a week

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    I'm like what's what's going on slow

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    down like like that's that's a lot you

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    know um yeah do you do you see yourself

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    really doing is that sustainable for you

    Mindset

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    unfortunately what I see a lot too with

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    that is they have the mindset of okay

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    I'm going to cut these carbs I'm G to go

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    in 100% I'm going to lose this weight

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    and once I lose the weight then I'll be

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    able to reintroduce those carbs again

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    what are your thoughts on like that

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    approach if you ever do see that yeah I

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    so when I see

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    that that's a good question so they I

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    feel like because they're so motivated

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    and you don't want to like be like no

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    that's not gonna work like

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    even um so I don't know how to answer

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    that so sorry can you like re can you

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    can you answer that question of course

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    of course of course yeah yeah yeah so I

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    think

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    it what I was kind of saying is when

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    people you mentioned like them like they

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    get this idea in their mind of like

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    improving their nutrition whatever way

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    and tend to like go

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    110% with the intention of like losing

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    that weight quickly because it usually

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    is a weight loss thing a lot of

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    times they have this like motivation to

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    go for it and then they intend to I hear

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    like a lot with like intuitive eating I

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    know making the question even more

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    confusing I apologize but they'll say

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    like oh I'll start intuitive eating for

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    example once I lose the weight or

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    they'll say I will reintroduce those

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    carbs once I lose the weight so they

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    kind of feel as though they don't

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    deserve to eat those carbs or eat really

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    whatever they could be craving until

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    their body is at a certain

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    size yeah so I guess it however you want

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    to answer that I don't even know if you

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    feel like you want to answer what you

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    would say to someone who maybe brought

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    that concern to you but I was just kind

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    of expressing I I do see that quite a

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    bit which is pretty unfortunate I

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    think yeah no I definitely see that too

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    and I think my Approach would just kind

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    of be

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    like if if they have had cars before or

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    they they've maybe tried working with me

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    and like went my way I'm like okay like

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    how did you feel when you introduced

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    that you know how did you feel when you

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    didn't have the carbs like did you like

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    people sometimes don't connect the dots

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    like oh when I I actually realized I

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    wasn't craving so much food at night

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    because I had more carbs during dinner

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    and lunch so it's like trying to help

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    them make the decision themselves

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    because we know know the answer so it it

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    really is meeting them where they're at

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    and timing is is everything like if

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    they're in that that first like highly

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    motivated phas um but if they continue

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    coming back to me I know that they can

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    trust me and and believe me so I don't

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    want to kind of know break that trust by

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    being like this is not going to work and

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    like just kind of crush their their

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    dreams so really just kind of like

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    asking those questions like how do you

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    feel when you don't have carbs and how

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    how do you feel when when you do and

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    typically it's like they know that they

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    don't feel hungry as much they aren't

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    craving the sweet things as much and

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    they they feel better yeah

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    I would say I'm biased but that is one

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    good thing I love about dietitians for

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    the most part is we I feel like are

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    pretty good as a species of like meeting

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    our patients or clients in the middle

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    versus like social media where they of

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    course are just like no you must like

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    completely do this ridiculous strict

    14:44

    thing or else you're wrong or whatever

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    so I just I love that approach I very

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    much value that yeah so we've been

    Favorite Carbs

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    talking all things carbs and like the

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    importance of incorporating them how

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    they might affect your body if you don't

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    have them

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    um and we keep talking about like from

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    like a biological

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    standpoint what they are what are some

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    examples though that may be some of your

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    favorites that like you like to give out

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    or that you like to enjoy yourself yes

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    or meals snack ideas what are your top

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    choices I really love all carbs um my

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    Top Choice oh that's hard um it really

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    depends on the day it it depends on the

    15:28

    day depends on the time depends on the

    15:31

    month um but I would say like right now

    15:33

    like I'm craving corn so like corn um

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    sweet potatoes I love like 16 bean soup

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    lentil

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    soups um I'm I'm Caribbean I'm Haitian

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    my haian American so I love my rice and

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    beans um I love oatmeal I love oatmeal

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    like I can't that all the time um for

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    breakfast love putting my

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    smoothie and just fruit I just I love

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    all carbs like I love fruit um and I

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    think what could be helpful is like when

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    I crave something sweet I'm like

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    okay what do I really want you know is

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    it just because like I'm hungry now like

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    it's been a while because I'm hungry and

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    I should have a meal and then if I'm

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    still craving like that that Popsicle or

    16:17

    ice cream then I can have it after you

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    know um and I know it takes a lot lot of

    16:21

    time to get to that point for some

    16:23

    people um but like yeah I try to go for

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    my Whole Foods those complex carbs first

    16:28

    first before I go for it the sweets CU I

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    know like we said they're simple carbs

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    they give us quick energy so we're going

    16:35

    to feel good at that point but in an

    16:36

    hour I'm going to be still like leaving

    16:38

    like I want more and I'm not g to want

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    to feel like

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    that yeah that's good advice I I heard a

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    video today where the the Creator said

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    something along the lines of like eat

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    what you want like whatever you're

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    craving like eat it add what you need so

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    using that Dental nutrition there to

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    like add higher fiber carbs some protein

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    add some fat that way like in this

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    example simple carbs don't just keep you

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    satisfied for two seconds like you still

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    get to enjoy the popsicle the ice cream

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    whatever it is that you want to eat but

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    add what you know your body needs so it

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    actually does serve you a little bit

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    better yes like I love that

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    because for some reason people think

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    like dietitians don't like eat delicious

    17:19

    food but like yeah like when I'm having

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    a burger or pizza or whatever might be

    17:24

    like okay how can I add my vegetables

    17:26

    how can I add more fiber like how can I

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    not only does it like make it more

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    nutritious but it just like makes it

    17:31

    taste better like yeah totally I want to

    Favorite Oatmeal

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    Quick hold on I might have just unmuted

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    myself and accidentally cut myself up I

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    want to quickly go back to your oatmeal

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    because you spoke so passionately about

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    it I need to know what your favorite

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    oatmeal toppings are okay

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    so this is hard so if I'll do the

    17:54

    toppings the toppings I always have to

    17:57

    have like almond butter in it um with

    18:00

    some Walnut crushed in I'm all about my

    18:03

    seeds my chia seeds flax seeds um

    18:07

    blueberries

    18:09

    strawberries are my typical fruits um

    18:12

    sometime I just started adding Peach

    18:14

    like but the Peach has to be like very

    18:16

    sweet and I was like oh my God this is

    18:18

    so good so if it's a very sweet peach

    18:20

    that's another topping I like to to add

    18:21

    in but typically like blueberry

    18:23

    strawberries and if I don't sometimes I

    18:25

    don't add like actual like sugar to my

    18:27

    oatmeal add banana to it just to sweeten

    18:30

    it up um but that is that's my go-to

    18:34

    yeah so you mentioned you'd only talk

    18:37

    about Toppings is there do you have a

    18:40

    preference of the actual like oats like

    18:43

    the type of oat if it's flavored that's

    18:46

    I need to know your entire oatmeal order

    18:49

    so I like like steel quick oats you know

    18:52

    um I like to like on the pot I don't

    18:55

    like to put in the microwave like the

    18:57

    water boil I a little bit of salt some

    18:59

    cinnamon sticks some

    19:01

    Starz um I've add the oats to it some

    19:05

    sometimes Carnation milk sometimes

    19:07

    almond milk sometimes whole milk

    19:09

    depending on what milk I have maybe

    19:11

    drizzle some coconut oil in there um oh

    19:15

    definitely a lot of cinnamon as much

    19:16

    cinnamon as I can um and that's how I

    19:19

    usually have like make it in the pot and

    19:21

    then I add those those toppings that

    19:23

    sounds

    19:25

    incredible I feel like you need

    19:28

    I don't know if you have a series on

    19:30

    social media but now I feel like you

    19:32

    need an oatmeal series yes yeah I was

    19:36

    thinking about that too I oats and my

    19:39

    son loves oats too so just like an e

    19:41

    like I make it at least once a week like

    19:43

    in a big pot and it's just like so easy

    19:46

    it literally takes like five minutes to

    19:47

    make and it is so much better on the

    19:49

    stove like it takes a little bit longer

    19:51

    but like it's so worth it yeah yeah and

    19:55

    it reduces your chance of exploding I

    19:57

    hate that the microwave that's like

    20:00

    really a downer that is devastating when

    20:02

    that

    20:03

    happens oh my gosh cool well thank you

    20:06

    for sharing I know it wasn't super you

    20:08

    got very into that Emily I don't know

    20:10

    where that came from for you that's

    20:11

    funny I I'm not the biggest oatmeal fan

    20:15

    I think it's because I don't make good

    20:17

    oatmeal I like add brown sugar and nuts

    20:22

    and normally it's just whatever is

    20:23

    around I should add fruit I like really

    20:26

    like fruit I don't know why I do that

    20:28

    don't do that yeah my husband

    20:30

    I until until I started cooking them for

    20:33

    him there we go well now you've inspired

    20:37

    me yes keep me posted I will um but

    20:41

    thank you for sharing

    Final Thoughts

    20:44

    again going back to carbs in general and

    20:47

    diet culture in general do you have any

    20:50

    other thoughts about carbs that you'd

    20:52

    like to

    20:53

    share for listeners who maybe are kind

    20:57

    of in a place where they're trying to

    20:59

    make peace with carbs being okay to

    21:02

    incorporate into their life or even like

    21:05

    now they're in the preon I don't know

    21:09

    precontemplation stage of change do they

    21:12

    want to make a change there maybe

    21:14

    they're contemplating

    21:17

    yeah that's why like pre- contemplation

    21:20

    have they even been exposed to the IDE

    21:22

    about it they're thinking about it for

    21:24

    for those fellows they're thinking about

    21:26

    and people yes

    21:29

    any last thoughts for

    21:32

    all those

    21:34

    individuals yeah so carbs is is in this

    21:39

    culture that we're in is difficult so I

    21:43

    would say it's so hard to do you know to

    21:46

    get to if you're not at that place right

    21:47

    now to have that good relationship with

    21:49

    carbs is to cancel out the noise that

    21:52

    you know continues to perpetuate those

    21:55

    negative you know thoughts about cars

    21:58

    and that can be hard because sometimes

    22:00

    it just comes to you and you don't even

    22:01

    want it to um but that's why I think

    22:04

    it's so important to you know have your

    22:06

    your nutrition accountability whether

    22:08

    it's a dietician you know personal

    22:10

    trainer that like aligns with you and

    22:12

    like what you're looking for as well um

    22:14

    you know reading books you know getting

    22:16

    that knowledge is is so helpful because

    22:19

    yeah I had a client who I know we talked

    22:22

    about carbs and she was like I know I

    22:24

    know I know I need to eat carbs and I

    22:25

    feel better but I just still fear it and

    22:28

    it's just like it's okay it's okay it's

    22:30

    like great that you like acknowledge

    22:32

    that like how you're feeling about it

    22:33

    and you're trying to get there and it

    22:35

    may take time and I just think it's just

    22:37

    so important to keep asking yourselves

    22:39

    questions being gentle with yourself you

    22:42

    know when it comes around food it's not

    22:43

    going to happen overnight you know it's

    22:45

    it's over it's forever evolving so yeah

    22:48

    that's my my advice that you know just

    22:50

    continue to listen get that knowledge

    22:53

    and yeah get to know know yourself more

    22:56

    about carbs your relationship with it

    22:59

    yeah giving yourself like so much grace

    23:01

    because they whoever you are you're

    23:03

    likely being told from so many different

    23:05

    Outlets that like you shouldn't be

    23:06

    eating these things and so it makes

    23:08

    total sense if it would feel real tough

    23:10

    to like get those in on a regular basis

    23:13

    like multiple times a day if you're

    23:14

    being told from others that that's not

    23:16

    the right thing to do no

    23:18

    no and there's no such thing as good

    23:21

    carb or bad carb you know there's all

    23:22

    carbs can fit fit in somewhere yes yes I

    23:26

    was poed a video on Tik Tok actually the

    23:27

    other day and there's like a battle

    23:29

    going on about like of course like fruit

    23:31

    being the good type of natural sugar

    23:33

    that's the only time we should be able

    23:34

    to eat where even though in some other

    23:36

    videos people even demonize the the

    23:37

    fruit natural good sugar so like you

    23:39

    literally just can't win but I think

    23:41

    that's the bottom line is there is no

    23:43

    good carb bad carb they're all going to

    23:44

    break down to glucose in the end anyway

    23:46

    so exactly eat what you

    23:48

    like yes well thank you so much Carly

    Outro

    23:51

    for coming on this has been an absolute

    23:54

    pleasure if you want to hear car answers

    23:58

    to our bonus question today you'll have

    24:00

    to check out the beat Deeds

    24:03

    content um it is hamburger related so

    24:06

    very exciting there but before we let

    24:10

    everyone go Proby let our listeners know

    24:14

    if they want to hear more from you where

    24:16

    can they find you anything you want to

    24:19

    promote this is your time to

    24:23

    shine so I'm most active on Instagram at

    24:26

    mindful eating dietician

    24:28

    my website is

    24:30

    www.wic carly.com um yeah you can reach

    24:34

    me through that awesome well we will

    24:36

    leave links below to all those so you

    24:38

    guys can find Carly very easily but yeah

    24:40

    Carly thank you again so much for coming

    24:42

    on it has been long overdue for us to

    24:45

    talk about carbs again and this is like

    24:47

    a perfect way to do it like a little bit

    24:49

    of biology a little bit of like mental

    24:52

    health in there too and like actually

    24:54

    enjoying the food we're eating so I

    24:55

    think our are going to really like this

    24:56

    episode a lot awesome thank you guys so

    24:58

    much for having me had fun all right

    25:00

    thanks for listening today guys we will

    25:02

    catch you next week in next episode


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