“The secret is – and I hope it’s not going to be a secret after a while – if you have diabetes, if you have heart disease, if you have inflammation, if you have other chronic problems (the list is a mile long), the answer is to eat whole foods, plant based, not too much.”
– Lynne Bowman
Lynne Bowman was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes more than thirty years ago, and offers herself as living proof that you can heal diabetes with food.
We cover:
- Lynne's varied career
- Lynne's experience of being diagnosed with diabetes in mid-life whilst being the sole carer for her 3 children
- the problems with the fast food revolution
- what do we mean by 'whole foods'
- why it's so important to know how to cook simple, nutritious meals at home
- kitchen table culture
- time restricted eating and intermittent fasting
- vegan and vegetarian diets
- giving up sugar
- Lynne's book "Brownies for Breakfast"
The interview can also be enjoyed here on my YouTube channel.
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About Lynne
Lynne has been featured at women's expos throughout the USA, teaming with actress Deidre Hall to write and publish Deidre Hall's Kitchen Closeup (2010) and Deidre Hall's How Does She Do It? (2012). She won national awards as a creative director for Silicon Valley companies, was Creative Director at E&J Gallo Winery, Advertising Manager at RedKen Laboratories, wrote copy for agencies in San Jose, Los Angeles, and New York, and has also worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, illustrator, legal journalist and television Weather Person. Lynne's new book, "Brownies for Breakfast, A Cookbook for Diabetics and the People Who Love Them," is a cool, fun, beautiful, guidebook for anybody who wants to eat healthy: vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, gluten-free and sugar-free. Lynne has three grown children, two grandchildren, and is president of The Pescadero Foundation. She and her husband have a small farm on the coast of Northern California.
You can find Lynne at www.lynnebowman.com
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