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    What Everyone Should Know about Prediabetes w/ Alice Figueroa

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    Prediabetes rates have been rising and there’s so much confusion and stigma associated with the diagnosis. Today we’re talking with dietitian friend Alice Figueroa about what prediabetes is and the importance of a compassionate and individualized approach to treatment. Alice recently authored Prediabetes Diet and Action Plan and is passionate about promoting universal access to nutrition support, health services, and wholesome foods for all segments of society.

    She is an award winning Natural Foods Chef recognized with a James Beard Foundation National Scholar Award.  Alice holds an honors degree in International Relations with a focus on healthcare policy from Tulane University. Throughout her career, she has conducted health research and developed bilingual nutrition education programs for underserved communities in Guatemala, South Africa, Brooklyn, Harlem, and the Bronx. 

    In This Episode We’ll Cover:

    • What prediabetes is and how it differs from diabetes 
    • Risk factors for prediabetes 
    • Ways to practice intuitive eating with chronic conditions 
    • Behaviors that can help with blood sugar stability + MORE! 

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    Pickled Onions

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    Pickled onions just make everything better, amirite?! They help to awaken even the most basic meals and I love adding them to sandwiches, quesadillas, tostadas and egg scrambles. Below is my recipe for an incredibly easy and quick way to pickle onions! Also, those soft-boiled eggs are a perfect 6 minute boil. Xoxo

     

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    Pickled Red Onions
    Ingredients
    • 1 small onion thinly sliced
    • 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
    • 1/2 cup water
    • 1/2 teaspoon each of salt
    • 1/2 tablespoon of sugar
    Instructions
    1. Pack the onions into a medium sized glass jar.
    2. In a small pot, add the vinegar, water, salt, and sugar, and bring to a boil.
    3. Add the hot water/vinegar mix to the jar with the onions, so that all onions are covered. If you need a little more liquid, you can top with hot water.
    4. Place the lid on tightly, let the jar cool, and leave in the fridge overnight.
    Recipe Notes

    You can store for up to 2 weeks! My jar is empty within days. Enjoy!

    Decolonization Isn’t a Metaphor w/ Mikey Mercedes

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    Today’s mini-episode is a continuation of a conversation we had with our favorite podcast guest Mikey Mercedes. Mikey shares her insight on whether or not you can “decolonize” your diet and why wanting communities of color to be vegan for health reasons may be misguided. Marquisele Mercedes is a doctoral student and writer from the Bronx and her doctoral training and interests are at the intersection of fat studies and scholarship on race/ism. She looks at how racism, anti-Blackness, and fatphobia shape health care, research, and public health work and training.

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    Reflecting on 10 Years of Food Heaven + Juicy Q&A

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    How have 10 years gone by?! Today we’re celebrating this huge milestone by reflecting on all the ups, downs and in-betweens. We started Food Heaven to improve access to nutrition education in black and brown communities. Never in a million years would we have thought that this would be a full blown brand that we would run together as friends. It’s been a wild ride and we’re so grateful! Along with reflections, we’re also answering your juicy non-nutrition related questions. 


     

    In This Episode We’ll Cover:

    • Our biggest pet peeves (please stop using … after sentences)
    • Wendy’s dating life 
    • Work/life balance and navigating differences 
    • Our least favorite foods + MORE! 

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    Business Advice We Wish We Got w/ Blavity CEO Morgan DeBaun

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    CALLING ALL ENTREPRENEURS!!!  Whether you have a business, a side hustle, or a just great idea, you NEED to tune in to today’s episode. This week, we talk to the one–the only– Morgan DeBaun, who is basically Steve Jobs to black Millennials. Morgan is the Founder & CEO of Blavity Inc., the leading media company for Black culture. Under her leadership, Blavity has launched several leading consumer summits including Summit 21 for Black women creators and AfroTech, the largest tech conference for Black innovators and founders. With a staff of over 150, Morgan DEFINITELY knows what she is talking about when it comes to operating a successful business. 

    In This Episode We’ll Cover:

    • What it’s like being THAT b!@&# in the entrepreneur space 
    • How to not let fear and anxiety hold you back when starting a new business
    • Tips on being a good leader when managing staff (+ what not to do)
    • How to know when you need to start hiring a team (her methodology is brilliant) & MORE! 

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    Public Health Has a Weight Problem w/ Mikey Mercedes

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    This week we have one of our favorite guests BACK on the podcast talking about the many ways fatphobia shows up in public health initiatives. Marquisele Mercedes is a doctoral student and writer from the Bronx and her doctoral training and interests are at the intersection of fat studies and scholarship on race/ism. She looks at how racism, anti-Blackness, and fatphobia shape health care, research, and public health work and training.

    Marquisele Mercedes (she/her) is a doctoral student and writer from the Bronx, New York who is currently based in Providence, Rhode Island. As a Presidential Fellow at the Brown University School of Public Health, her doctoral training and interests are at the intersection of fat studies and scholarship on race/ism. She is broadly interested in how racism, anti-Blackness, and fatphobia shape health care, research, and public health work and training. Marquisele is part of the Future of NAAFA Committee for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance and writes about fat politics and the health industrial complex on Medium in her spare time. A humanist at heart with a degree in English, Marquisele is finding her way as a fat liberationist in the making one word at a time. 

    In This Episode We’ll Cover:

    • Fatphobic messaging in public health initiatives
    • How weight-centered initiatives harm POC communities 
    • Effective ways to increase food access with public health funding 
    • What food equity is and to get it + MORE! 

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