Category: T1D
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I can see a future now thanks to Keto.
This week, I met with my Cardiologist, the doctor who recommended the very low carb diet to me in the first place. I have seen him several times since I have started this process and the has been very pleased with the weight loss progress and other health improvements. This visit was different though… This Read more
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“I can make you fat” — What I didn’t know about insulin as a T1D.
It is hard to admit this, but I didn’t know as much about insulin as I should have. As a type 1 diabetic, my life depends on insulin 24 hours a day, and yet I realize that I knew only the basics about the hormone that controls my life. The more I study it, Read more
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Before and After Low Carb
I have been living with type 1 diabetes since 2007, when I was diagnosed at the age of 40. For 11 years, my blood glucose levels resembled the graph below, with an average of 164 mg/dl and a variability of +/- 46 mg/dl. I had also gained 175 lbs in those 11 years since I Read more