Amy Rush is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Credentialed Diabetes Educator working with people living with type 1 diabetes. Her passion to help improve the lives of people with type 1 is inspired by her brother, who was diagnosed at a young age. This passion has lead her to have been awarded West Australian Credentialed Diabetes Educator (CDE) of the year for 2018.
Amy practices privately as both a diabetes educator and dietitian at the Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre in Perth, where she also develops and manages the group diabetes education programs. Amy is passionate about the role of nutrition in managing type 1 diabetes. Amy is a self-confessed ‘tech nerd’ and loves interpreting CGM and flash monitor graphs or constructing profiles from pump and meter readings. In clinic she is known as the ‘Diabetes Detective’ for her knack at deciphering food and insulin interactions and using these to a patient’s advantage.
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22 responses to “Amy Rush APD CDE – ‘Reducing carbohydrates: the macronutrient approach’”
Thank you for the video of her talk.
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I have Kaiser. My dietician is telling me to eat apples etc. . . Afraid there is no ‘enlightened dieticians’ there
Would like more talks for the average person. But good for athletes.
Very informative
Excellent presentation. Great way to transition from carbos to fat and the associated benefits.
I’m close to 60 . Better shape than 99% of docs . 🤔
Thank you.
Very well presented. Being Aussie myself we live in a western world with western food. One thing of note in this presentation, was the food pyramid. The FDA brought out the first one, late 70s because so many people were having heart attacks back then. Breads and starch was the bottom tier of the pyramid, fats was on the top apex. For the next 30 years or so we started to follow this religiously, then all the graphs went up in obesity, and diabetes which then lead on to more cardiovascular disease. What were they thinking? Silly question I know.
why does my bottle of cows milk (3.5% fat) say it contains 6g of carbs per serve 250ml, but when I google cows milk versus almond milk everything that comes up gives 12.5g carbs per cup. is it American influences on information? the reference is always 2% fat milk. As an American ‘cup’ is 240g how can the carbs be double my milk, even if it is lower fat. I was just interested in why you gave your imaginary person almond milk – thought it may be because of the lower carb. Good talk BTW.
Anyone tell me why a keto brownie is better than a baked potato?
Your husband was saying you were invited on a panel with physicians, which means your knowledge that they wish you to share is as important as what each physician will provide. I would say that’s a beautiful compliment.
Love this talk. Thank you so much for providing it for us. You are saving lives.
If anything a dietitian is more qualifies to speak on this subject. Medical doctors have little to zero training on nutrition. It’s why they refer patients to dietitians
Beef, butter, bacon, eggs & cheese. Skip the rest & you’ll be at your best.
🇨🇦 I think keto based dieticians are a missing link for successful results. I know two Canadian dieticians who will only provide information according to medical or diabetes guidelines. The good doctors explain what works like keto and carnivore, but the practical how-to is more challenging and requires a lot of research. Most of the how-to has been from other commenters, what works for them, and recipes to try. Thank you for the presentation.
Besides the Nutrition Coalition, your channel and programs like this are so needed in our corrupt food nutrition climate.
I’m not fat phobic. I just find it hard to get good animal fat in my diet and unsure how much.
I always add plenty of beef tallow, coconut oil or bacon grease to whatever I cook. And I nibble on cheese.
Meat, eggs, butter!
Im counting macros in similar way!
*Fiber* is the most perplexing thing. Nutritionists and most doctors insist that it’s absolutely essential for good health. But many carnivores claim they’ve been living very healthily for years with little to none.