Season 2 Episode 08: Fad Diets And Diabetes – Everything You Need to Know About Dieting with Diabetes

After the world went on lockdown in 2020, and Diapoint had to postpone its face-to-face Family Picnic, we immediately started looking for solutions to continue to educate, inform and bring people together. So we went virtual!

As part of our Diapoint Virtual Diabetes Series, we interviewed Zeina Younes, a Diabetes Clinical Dietician Specialist. We spoke to Zeina about fad diets, and how safe they may or may not be for people with diabetes.

In this episode, Zeina Younes MSc shares her expertise and wisdom with us about all things “dieting”. She teaches us about:

  • Fad diets, and the pros can cons of each
  • Dietary guidelines for people with diabetes
  • Guidelines on the different types of diet

…and more!

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Zeina Younes, MSc is a Clinical Diabetes Dietician Specialist at the Diabetes Dubai Center and the Dubai Health Authority.

She has been a lecturer in the field of nutrition and dietetics, and has worked as a Clinical Researcher in the American University of Beirut medical center, where she had a special focus on patients suffering PCOS.

Her main focus is on paediatric and adolescent diabetes management. In addition, Zeina provides nutritional education to patients with gestational diabetes, and adult patients with both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Zeina received a Bachelor of Science and Biology from the American University of Beirut. She also has a Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics.

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