Dude! This was a phenomenal video. As a TH-camr myself, very impressed by your presence and knowledge. Just got diagnosed with T1D at 29 years old and a bit shocked. This video helped me understand what my Endo (who I just started with yesterday) is up to. Look forward to watching more of your vids and who knows maybe we should collab at some point. Cheers!
Stoked that this video was helpful for you, and thank you for your kind words! Always open to new ideas or collabs, so feel free to let me know! Have a great day
I was diagnosed with diabetes 2 years ago, my A1C was 11.3 and my sugar was around 300. I've been contemplating making a TH-cam video, because after a ton of research I was able to get my A1C to 5.2 and my sugar to steadily stay between 80 and 120 within a year. I also lost around 100lbs and got off inulin shots and only have to take 1 pill twice a day now. I studied nutrition videos, diabetes videos obviously, and weight lifting pro videos, and I was able to ascertain a few key things. Mainly, it's all about diet, and what you put in to your body. The 1st thing I did was cut out ALL sugar. No sweets, no cereal, no sweet drinks. The 2nd thing I did was cut out ALL soda and juices. I mainly just drink water now, albeit with a flavoring like Mio. The 3rd thing, and 1 I didn't know until I studied the body builders is, cut out bread and potatoes. Breads and potatoes break down into pure glucose in your body, which is basically pure sugar. Another surprising thing is how much pure sugar there is in fruit, I noticed bananas and grapes especially, spiked my blood sugar. One thing I did was buy a George Foreman grill and started grilling most of my dinners. I eat a lot of grilled chicken, salmon, or beef with sides of vegtables. I also started doing 20-30 minute walks every single day. Another thing I did was start weight lifting. You don't have to go crazy with it, just do some basic exercises to keep your body moving. This past summer, I spent a month with my uncle who had a severe diabetic ulcer on his foot, and was in danger of losing it. We was scared for him. Using these tips I was able to get his sugar under control in just a month, and the doctors were able to cut out the ulcer, and with his sugar under control, it healed, and he is no longer in danger of losing it. He has stayed with the plan these past few months, and they have already lowered his insulin! I sincerely hope other people with diabetes find this useful.
I eat Keto. I have never had a diabetes issue but my husband was type 2. He’s fine now. His doctor told him he had a window of opportunity to fix it. He got off soda and bread. He also does intermittent fasting.
Keto is for idiots. You can eliminate insulin resistance/diabetes by losing weight on ANY DIET. If your are eating a genuine keto diet for a long time then you will for sure eventually be at risk of heart attack or stroke. The reason for this is that it is very difficult to eat 70% of your calories in fat without eating a large amount of saturated fat which is the principle driver of cardiovascular disease.
I am so glad I found your channel.. After being diagnosed in 2007 with T1D at age 12, the first year, everything was under control for the most part.. a1c sitting around 6 - 7 range.. Years have gone by and life happened of course.. However, through those years I let Diabetes run the show.. (bad move) and overtime, of course my a1c reflected that poor management with a HIGH a1c of 13.4 - leaving me feeling defeated and like I could never turn it around.. My fight was lacking and I felt so sick everyday with extreme high bgs over 400-500.. I have managed to do better this last week.. like, A LOT BETTER, and as of last visit, I am sitting at a a1c of 10.3 - Well that is not good enough for me.. so I have kicked it into high gear, motivated by not wanting to hear the same thing from my Doctor for the elevendyith time.. and motivated by wanting to live healthy and happy for me, my Husband and to build our family one day.. I made some BIG CHANGES.. Having all the knowledge of what I knew I needed to do, after YEARS... I am finally applying that knowledge.. and woooahhh, RESULTS!! Incredible!! I am keeping up this fight, determined to stay consistent with my new meal plan and the biggest game changer was getting a CGM and logging EVERYTHING (I am a visual learner and seeing patterns for me made making small adjustments A LOT easier rather than my old habits of guessing.. sending my on a nasty Rollercoaster ride).. I appreciate your tips here and reminders of simple changes I can make to really gain full control back over my bgs.. I apologize for the long post, but writing in hopes it might encourage others on their journey to living healthy and happy with T1D.. As cliché as it might sound and although I know I am a stranger.. TRUST ME, if I can do this, you can too!! Today, I am already feeling much better, seeing more numbers in the 100s.. and sitting at an average today of 193.. I am thinking more clearly and I am actually living today! I feel like a brand new me! Truly!! I struggled with being the only one in my huge family, on both sides to be diagnosed with T1D (never would want anyone to have it of course) but I was lacking support and a deeper understanding at times.. I feel it's extremely important for us to support and encourage each other and motivate each other to fight together for our health ❤️ So like he says in this video, KEEP UP THE FIGHT!! The possibilities for life are endless and we can do this.. Celebrate the wins and do not let the highs or lows defeat you. I promise you, things will get better if you apply what you know to do and stay consistent in that. Get back to living life again!! You deserve to do great things! I know you can and you will!! KEEP UP THE FIGHT 💙 Much love, Fellow T1D, Little-c
Hi Courtney! And Wow! Thank you for this comment. I'm glad that you're doing great now. Yes, always keep up the fight! If you'd like you can join our Diabetic Warriors: A Diabetes Support Group on Facebook if you're not a member yet. facebook.com/groups/361068011036904 and Lets support each other!
@@FTFWARRIOR I would love too! And thank you, yes, it was a rough road to get to this point coming from an a1c of 13.2 but it was a road worth traveling!! Watching some more videos now.. these are GREAT! Keeping my focus on what is important and making T1D less overwhelming. 💯
Cgm monitors are if you inject insulin, I cannot get one. I take oral meds. I might sleep 3hrs a night. My high blood sugar was due to poor diet. I changed my diet. Life is better, not perfect, but better. 😊
Great video! My blood sugar doesn't spike while I sleep, and when I take insulin for the food that I eat, I only count the carbs in the food. My blood sugars are pretty good though so something must be working right.
So, unfortunately "familiarity" is going to be one of the best answers here because you're right - not all restaurants prepare food the same way or with the same ingredients, so knowing (in general) what foods have what carbs is the best starting point. That being said, we do have a video on our channel for how to best estimate carbs based on the "hand strategy". Have you seen that one yet?
Hey! I am an endocrinology nurse, nurse practitioner student. I know you are using Control-IQ (from a previous video), but when you are sleeping, are you using sleep mode feature within control-IQ or do you just have an aggressive nocturnal basal rate(s)? Thanks for talking about accurate carb counting haha. I have a lot of patients, both T1D and T2D who are on MDI with an ICR and then we find that they aren't doing it properly and either under or over bolus for their meals and we have to repeat education and have the patient follow up with a dietician/CDE. Love the content, keep it up! (CGM is Continuous Glucose Monitor btw, not constant glucose monitor and we love CGMs so much! Make things so much easier for everyone!)
Hello! Thanks for the CGM correction, missed that haha. And I do use the sleep mode on my pump to maintain great overnight blood sugars, however I test my basal rates to ensure that everything is set to begin. Thanks for the support!
It's worth mentioning that generally you want to decrease a1c levels gradually, if you do it too fast you have a chance to quickly progress retinopathy.
@@trancecake Hm, ok, that’s actually not that fast. I am T1 since 1980 and i had more than a few decreases and most times within weeks - my eyes have no problems so far, last check regarding diabetes was 4 months ago.
I was told I was pre diabetic and I drastically changed my life, keto diet, major exercising sleep etc, every now and then eating certain foods causes some weird stuff with my vision. I been trying to nail down if it’s related
I watched your video on using inpen, and i got one, now this video u r using the pump. What made you decide that pump or omnipod? I used medtronic pump about 14 yrs ago, and hated it i felt like i was in prison with the tubes and heavy beeper like thing hooked to my pants all the time..but now im wanting one again?? Thx, also love your videos they have really helped me!
So glad that you love my content! And I was actually on the pump before going to the inpen... I made the switch to inpen for one month to run an experiment to test a few theories on blood sugar control. Now I'm back to the pump haha. I hope this clears it up!
I've been doing this since my son came home. Measuring and the nutrition facts are my friends. I also have found that "for my son" (and I know this isn't for everyone), if he's having something that has high sugars and we add only 1 extra unit of his humalog to his pre bolus, it makes a difference in his BG spiking.
The last part is 100% right, in my experience you only need about 4-8g of carb. Every 4g of glucose raise my BG 26 mg/dl. If I am at 50 only glucose tablet back to 76 normal range.
@@FTFWARRIOR Yeah I follow Dr. Bernstein plan, some of your tips coincide with his rubric for normal BG. I had HbA1c of under 5% as a T1D under his plan using R insulin and Tresiba. My last year was 4.8, 4.9 and 4.7% No fancy pumps or ultra fast insulin just BG checks and my injections. I feel as he says diabetics are entitled to normal BG! Have you heard anything about him? He honestly changed my life I range in the 70, 80s and 90s all day. No triple digits limited lows. Definetely worth a look!
@@sweetyroy7777 The most important thing by far is a low carbohydrate diet no more than 30g a day, each meal around 10g of carbohydrates as vegetables or low sugar fruit (avocados). From there another 3 things I can recommend are: 1. Figure out your true physiological basal dosage. Non insulin resistance people tend to use the following formula (may vary slightly if you still make endogenous insulin). Basal insulin = 0.2 u/kg x mass (kg) people that are insulin resistant tend to use either 0.4 or 0.6 u/kg depending on how insulin resistance they may be. I weigh 84 kg (close to 185 lbs) and my theoretical dose is 16.8u but I take 17u and my BG would remain around 80-100. For me since I take slightly more I tend to end in the low 80s. 2. Figure out how much 1 unit of insulin lowers your blood sugar and how much 4g of glucose will raise your BG (you will use this for corrections) for me 1u of Fiasp lowers me 50 mg/dl, and one unit of R insulin close to 30. 3. Use R insulin for your meals and figure out how much one unit of R would digest protein and carbohydrate. The theoretical number for non insulin resistant patients is 1u of R covers 12g of carb and 1 u of R covers close to 2 oz of protein. Lastly check Dr. Bernstein Diabetes university on TH-cam. He has a book for sale (around 9 dlls when I bought it) and Has all the medical articles I am citing and how to use eat and bolus for your meals. He is also a type 1 diabetic physician.
Is this goid info for type 2? I went off the rat poison they put me on for type 2 diabetes victoza its disgusting...i went off the statins as well all affect pancreas terrible and will not do it...i do take perscription fish oil to lower triglyceride we will see if that works ...my reg dr wants me to get on insulin im debating if i want to i have seen terrible stomachs where insulin deformed the tummy....so im trying hard to do this holistically...i want to reset my body and get it normal again naturally so yes no fast food eliminate sugar whichnis hard to do and eat tons of gish and veggies which i do but my blood glucose is always about 200
As always, very good advice. Carb counting is difficult when dining at non-chain restaurants. Pre-pandemic, I often had dinner at a Chicago cafe that always has fresh fish and vegan specials. The menu lists ingredients of each special, but not necessarily by order of weight. The cafe's owner and waiters know that I have T1D and help quantify ingredients. Last February, I ordered a special, a stuffed red pepper in pomodoro sauce. The stuffing included quinoa, chick peas, yellow squash and scallions. I chose vegetable barley soup as the appetizer, and had a small slice of homemade bread. Chick peas often spike blood sugar, so I pre-bolused 7 units of NovoLog, About 1.5 hours after the meal, the Dexcom sensor alarmed with one down arrow, and BG plummeted to 38 on the way home. When in doubt about carbs, perhaps it Is better to undercount and then take a correction bolus if BG spikes.
@@FTFWARRIOR I have had T1D since 1963 and have probably had hundreds of reactions during the last 57 years. In 1979, I lost consciousness while ordering dinner in a hotel restaurant and came to in the ER. The nurse said my BG was 14 mg/dL. What would your carb estimate have been for the stuffed red pepper and cup of vegetable barley soup?
@@FTFWARRIOR I’m at 120 and last year my A1c was at 7.5 I want to bring that down. I thought I was eating healthy and I’ve been finding sugar in everything. Plain yogurt had 25 grams of sugar, sparkling flavored water had 45 grams of sugar. I’m just drinking water now.
My a1c today was 5.4. Down from 7.2, 6.8 My first is hold on. Wait for it. 1. Large salad from Walmart 2. Bar s Bologna Blood pressure is fine. Everything else was fine.
FYI - On a Dexcom G6 for two years. Not on a pump, when using Lantus prior to bed, sleeping about 6 hours overnight, could not keep my basil in check. Crash-a-palooza. I found it far easier to basil early AM and then get things inline in the evening prior to bedtime and let it ride. Last two A1C in the 6's, but just my two cents, YMMV... And BTW, the overcorrection commentary is sooooo true. Last night around 1:00am was slooowly slipping into the lower 70's. No sweats, shakes or confusion. Enjoyed about 8 jelly beans (really, jelly beans, its what was available) Went back to sleep and woke up just above 100. Once again YMMV, but do NOT go nuclear and overcorrect!
Dude! This was a phenomenal video. As a TH-camr myself, very impressed by your presence and knowledge. Just got diagnosed with T1D at 29 years old and a bit shocked. This video helped me understand what my Endo (who I just started with yesterday) is up to. Look forward to watching more of your vids and who knows maybe we should collab at some point. Cheers!
Stoked that this video was helpful for you, and thank you for your kind words! Always open to new ideas or collabs, so feel free to let me know! Have a great day
I was diagnosed with diabetes 2 years ago, my A1C was 11.3 and my sugar was around 300. I've been contemplating making a TH-cam video, because after a ton of research I was able to get my A1C to 5.2 and my sugar to steadily stay between 80 and 120 within a year. I also lost around 100lbs and got off inulin shots and only have to take 1 pill twice a day now. I studied nutrition videos, diabetes videos obviously, and weight lifting pro videos, and I was able to ascertain a few key things. Mainly, it's all about diet, and what you put in to your body. The 1st thing I did was cut out ALL sugar. No sweets, no cereal, no sweet drinks. The 2nd thing I did was cut out ALL soda and juices. I mainly just drink water now, albeit with a flavoring like Mio. The 3rd thing, and 1 I didn't know until I studied the body builders is, cut out bread and potatoes. Breads and potatoes break down into pure glucose in your body, which is basically pure sugar. Another surprising thing is how much pure sugar there is in fruit, I noticed bananas and grapes especially, spiked my blood sugar. One thing I did was buy a George Foreman grill and started grilling most of my dinners. I eat a lot of grilled chicken, salmon, or beef with sides of vegtables. I also started doing 20-30 minute walks every single day. Another thing I did was start weight lifting. You don't have to go crazy with it, just do some basic exercises to keep your body moving. This past summer, I spent a month with my uncle who had a severe diabetic ulcer on his foot, and was in danger of losing it. We was scared for him. Using these tips I was able to get his sugar under control in just a month, and the doctors were able to cut out the ulcer, and with his sugar under control, it healed, and he is no longer in danger of losing it. He has stayed with the plan these past few months, and they have already lowered his insulin! I sincerely hope other people with diabetes find this useful.
20+ year type 1 here. The staying patient and calm tip is very important with highs and lows. Give time for your insulin or food to start working!
I eat Keto. I have never had a diabetes issue but my husband was type 2. He’s fine now. His doctor told him he had a window of opportunity to fix it. He got off soda and bread. He also does intermittent fasting.
Keto is for idiots. You can eliminate insulin resistance/diabetes by losing weight on ANY DIET. If your are eating a genuine keto diet for a long time then you will for sure eventually be at risk of heart attack or stroke. The reason for this is that it is very difficult to eat 70% of your calories in fat without eating a large amount of saturated fat which is the principle driver of cardiovascular disease.
I am so glad I found your channel.. After being diagnosed in 2007 with T1D at age 12, the first year, everything was under control for the most part.. a1c sitting around 6 - 7 range.. Years have gone by and life happened of course.. However, through those years I let Diabetes run the show.. (bad move) and overtime, of course my a1c reflected that poor management with a HIGH a1c of 13.4 - leaving me feeling defeated and like I could never turn it around.. My fight was lacking and I felt so sick everyday with extreme high bgs over 400-500.. I have managed to do better this last week.. like, A LOT BETTER, and as of last visit, I am sitting at a a1c of 10.3 - Well that is not good enough for me.. so I have kicked it into high gear, motivated by not wanting to hear the same thing from my Doctor for the elevendyith time.. and motivated by wanting to live healthy and happy for me, my Husband and to build our family one day.. I made some BIG CHANGES.. Having all the knowledge of what I knew I needed to do, after YEARS... I am finally applying that knowledge.. and woooahhh, RESULTS!! Incredible!! I am keeping up this fight, determined to stay consistent with my new meal plan and the biggest game changer was getting a CGM and logging EVERYTHING (I am a visual learner and seeing patterns for me made making small adjustments A LOT easier rather than my old habits of guessing.. sending my on a nasty Rollercoaster ride).. I appreciate your tips here and reminders of simple changes I can make to really gain full control back over my bgs..
I apologize for the long post, but writing in hopes it might encourage others on their journey to living healthy and happy with T1D.. As cliché as it might sound and although I know I am a stranger.. TRUST ME, if I can do this, you can too!! Today, I am already feeling much better, seeing more numbers in the 100s.. and sitting at an average today of 193.. I am thinking more clearly and I am actually living today! I feel like a brand new me! Truly!! I struggled with being the only one in my huge family, on both sides to be diagnosed with T1D (never would want anyone to have it of course) but I was lacking support and a deeper understanding at times.. I feel it's extremely important for us to support and encourage each other and motivate each other to fight together for our health ❤️ So like he says in this video, KEEP UP THE FIGHT!! The possibilities for life are endless and we can do this.. Celebrate the wins and do not let the highs or lows defeat you. I promise you, things will get better if you apply what you know to do and stay consistent in that. Get back to living life again!! You deserve to do great things! I know you can and you will!!
KEEP UP THE FIGHT 💙
Much love, Fellow T1D, Little-c
Hi Courtney! And Wow! Thank you for this comment. I'm glad that you're doing great now. Yes, always keep up the fight! If you'd like you can join our Diabetic Warriors: A Diabetes Support Group on Facebook if you're not a member yet. facebook.com/groups/361068011036904 and Lets support each other!
@@FTFWARRIOR I would love too! And thank you, yes, it was a rough road to get to this point coming from an a1c of 13.2 but it was a road worth traveling!! Watching some more videos now.. these are GREAT! Keeping my focus on what is important and making T1D less overwhelming. 💯
@@courtneymccowen2474 That's awesome! Thank you again and keep going
Found you recently and your positive attitude about t1 management gives me hope. Thank you.
I'm so happy to hear that! Glad to have you here
Cgm monitors are if you inject insulin, I cannot get one. I take oral meds. I might sleep 3hrs a night. My high blood sugar was due to poor diet. I changed my diet. Life is better, not perfect, but better. 😊
Great information , thank you Matt. My son has the CGM , it is a blessing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! My blood sugar doesn't spike while I sleep, and when I take insulin for the food that I eat, I only count the carbs in the food. My blood sugars are pretty good though so something must be working right.
Glad to hear that your blood sugars are cooperating!
Because im not diabetic most of these tips and hacks i can not use. I can go to sleep earlier. That may be the key for me. Thank you.
Thank you for this!
So how to count carb in the restaurant, especially in abroad? Not every pizza or rice has same contents.
So, unfortunately "familiarity" is going to be one of the best answers here because you're right - not all restaurants prepare food the same way or with the same ingredients, so knowing (in general) what foods have what carbs is the best starting point. That being said, we do have a video on our channel for how to best estimate carbs based on the "hand strategy". Have you seen that one yet?
@@FTFWARRIOR Thank you! And your channel is a great resource!! Will check it out!!
Thank you for all your informative videos. They are so very helpful . Love your videos ! Keep them coming!
Thanks so much! Glad that you're enjoying them
Love your positive attitude. Thanks for your help
happy to help!
Spot-On, A+ review.
Ahh thanks so much Beth!
Great Video and memory refreshing. Thank you :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Do you have the basil IQ or the control IQ ?
I do have the control IQ
@@FTFWARRIOR i need that in my life i believe got basil iq currently
So how do we lower overnight basal insulin?
Talk to your doctor, or join our coaching program
Is that you Matt?? Your old neighbor! Hit from Virginia!
Hahaha hey there! Yes, it's me. This is what I do all the time. Great to hear from you! I hope you're enjoying Virginia
Hey! I am an endocrinology nurse, nurse practitioner student. I know you are using Control-IQ (from a previous video), but when you are sleeping, are you using sleep mode feature within control-IQ or do you just have an aggressive nocturnal basal rate(s)? Thanks for talking about accurate carb counting haha. I have a lot of patients, both T1D and T2D who are on MDI with an ICR and then we find that they aren't doing it properly and either under or over bolus for their meals and we have to repeat education and have the patient follow up with a dietician/CDE. Love the content, keep it up! (CGM is Continuous Glucose Monitor btw, not constant glucose monitor and we love CGMs so much! Make things so much easier for everyone!)
Hello! Thanks for the CGM correction, missed that haha. And I do use the sleep mode on my pump to maintain great overnight blood sugars, however I test my basal rates to ensure that everything is set to begin. Thanks for the support!
It's worth mentioning that generally you want to decrease a1c levels gradually, if you do it too fast you have a chance to quickly progress retinopathy.
I heard that often - but how else do you want to decrease a1c levels than gradually. What exact does gradually mean here?
@@HrSamstag no more than 1% per year is what I have read iirc
@@trancecake Hm, ok, that’s actually not that fast. I am T1 since 1980 and i had more than a few decreases and most times within weeks - my eyes have no problems so far, last check regarding diabetes was 4 months ago.
@@HrSamstag it's always about chances never about certainty
I was told I was pre diabetic and I drastically changed my life, keto diet, major exercising sleep etc, every now and then eating certain foods causes some weird stuff with my vision. I been trying to nail down if it’s related
I watched your video on using inpen, and i got one, now this video u r using the pump. What made you decide that pump or omnipod? I used medtronic pump about 14 yrs ago, and hated it i felt like i was in prison with the tubes and heavy beeper like thing hooked to my pants all the time..but now im wanting one again?? Thx, also love your videos they have really helped me!
So glad that you love my content! And I was actually on the pump before going to the inpen... I made the switch to inpen for one month to run an experiment to test a few theories on blood sugar control. Now I'm back to the pump haha. I hope this clears it up!
Where did you you buy that Device to monitor you blood trends?
I asked my doctor to put in a prescription, it's called a CGM, but this company is "Dexcom"
I've been doing this since my son came home. Measuring and the nutrition facts are my friends. I also have found that "for my son" (and I know this isn't for everyone), if he's having something that has high sugars and we add only 1 extra unit of his humalog to his pre bolus, it makes a difference in his BG spiking.
That's awesome that you've figured that out! Keep up the great work
The last part is 100% right, in my experience you only need about 4-8g of carb. Every 4g of glucose raise my BG 26 mg/dl. If I am at 50 only glucose tablet back to 76 normal range.
Super helpful to know, right? Glad you've got that dialed in
@@FTFWARRIOR Yeah I follow Dr. Bernstein plan, some of your tips coincide with his rubric for normal BG. I had HbA1c of under 5% as a T1D under his plan using R insulin and Tresiba. My last year was 4.8, 4.9 and 4.7% No fancy pumps or ultra fast insulin just BG checks and my injections. I feel as he says diabetics are entitled to normal BG! Have you heard anything about him? He honestly changed my life I range in the 70, 80s and 90s all day. No triple digits limited lows. Definetely worth a look!
Can you please share how to be on 80 or 90 mg/dl sugar levels , what is the key to do so? Can you please guide me a little tips ?
@@sweetyroy7777 The most important thing by far is a low carbohydrate diet no more than 30g a day, each meal around 10g of carbohydrates as vegetables or low sugar fruit (avocados). From there another 3 things I can recommend are:
1. Figure out your true physiological basal dosage. Non insulin resistance people tend to use the following formula (may vary slightly if you still make endogenous insulin). Basal insulin = 0.2 u/kg x mass (kg) people that are insulin resistant tend to use either 0.4 or 0.6 u/kg depending on how insulin resistance they may be. I weigh 84 kg (close to 185 lbs) and my theoretical dose is 16.8u but I take 17u and my BG would remain around 80-100. For me since I take slightly more I tend to end in the low 80s.
2. Figure out how much 1 unit of insulin lowers your blood sugar and how much 4g of glucose will raise your BG (you will use this for corrections) for me 1u of Fiasp lowers me 50 mg/dl, and one unit of R insulin close to 30.
3. Use R insulin for your meals and figure out how much one unit of R would digest protein and carbohydrate. The theoretical number for non insulin resistant patients is 1u of R covers 12g of carb and 1 u of R covers close to 2 oz of protein.
Lastly check Dr. Bernstein Diabetes university on TH-cam. He has a book for sale (around 9 dlls when I bought it) and Has all the medical articles I am citing and how to use eat and bolus for your meals. He is also a type 1 diabetic physician.
Thank you for normalizing this and putting out such informative videos! :)
My pleasure!
looking right at me talking about over correction
hahaha I feel ya
Is this goid info for type 2? I went off the rat poison they put me on for type 2 diabetes victoza its disgusting...i went off the statins as well all affect pancreas terrible and will not do it...i do take perscription fish oil to lower triglyceride we will see if that works ...my reg dr wants me to get on insulin im debating if i want to i have seen terrible stomachs where insulin deformed the tummy....so im trying hard to do this holistically...i want to reset my body and get it normal again naturally so yes no fast food eliminate sugar whichnis hard to do and eat tons of gish and veggies which i do but my blood glucose is always about 200
Great video brother. I pray for your continue safety and good health through your journey.
I appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed this one
As always, very good advice. Carb counting is difficult when dining at non-chain restaurants. Pre-pandemic, I often had dinner at a Chicago cafe that always has fresh fish and vegan specials. The menu lists ingredients of each special, but not necessarily by order of weight. The cafe's owner and waiters know that I have T1D and help quantify ingredients.
Last February, I ordered a special, a stuffed red pepper in pomodoro sauce. The stuffing included quinoa, chick peas, yellow squash and scallions. I chose vegetable barley soup as the appetizer, and had a small slice of homemade bread. Chick peas often spike blood sugar, so I pre-bolused 7 units of NovoLog, About 1.5 hours after the meal, the Dexcom sensor alarmed with one down arrow, and BG plummeted to 38 on the way home. When in doubt about carbs, perhaps it Is better to undercount and then take a correction bolus if BG spikes.
oh man! Glad you're ok after that low!
@@FTFWARRIOR I have had T1D since 1963 and have probably had hundreds of reactions during the last 57 years. In 1979, I lost consciousness while ordering dinner in a hotel restaurant and came to in the ER. The nurse said my BG was 14 mg/dL.
What would your carb estimate have been for the stuffed red pepper and cup of vegetable barley soup?
I wish I found this video sooner.
Glad you found it now! How are blood sugars?
@@FTFWARRIOR I’m at 120 and last year my A1c was at 7.5
I want to bring that down. I thought I was eating healthy and I’ve been finding sugar in everything. Plain yogurt had 25 grams of sugar, sparkling flavored water had 45 grams of sugar. I’m just drinking water now.
I got my labs and currently my A1c is now 5.2
I find pre-bolus hard, especially when I'm hungry
I agree
What If you're not diabetic
My a1c today was 5.4. Down from 7.2, 6.8
My first is hold on. Wait for it.
1. Large salad from Walmart
2. Bar s Bologna
Blood pressure is fine.
Everything else was fine.
💙💙
FYI - On a Dexcom G6 for two years. Not on a pump, when using Lantus prior to bed, sleeping about 6 hours overnight, could not keep my basil in check. Crash-a-palooza. I found it far easier to basil early AM and then get things inline in the evening prior to bedtime and let it ride. Last two A1C in the 6's, but just my two cents, YMMV...
And BTW, the overcorrection commentary is sooooo true. Last night around 1:00am was slooowly slipping into the lower 70's. No sweats, shakes or confusion. Enjoyed about 8 jelly beans (really, jelly beans, its what was available) Went back to sleep and woke up just above 100. Once again YMMV, but do NOT go nuclear and overcorrect!
Are glucose pills effective too. They have about 3 gs of carbs each.
He talks too much
Or do you not talk enough? 🤔