Bread challenge with type-1 diabetes
Bread can be a HUGE challenge in managing blood sugars with type-1 diabetes, but that doesn’t mean we have to avoid it. Read more for tips on how to navigate and manage bread with T1D.
Dietetics
Podcast: Trials of thru hiking with T1D
Chris Scully-Brown shares her story, with diabetes dietitian Katie Bartel, of hiking 600 km straight with type-1 diabetes constantly at her side in today’s episode of Diabetic to Dietetics. Additional article featured below. The Bruce Trail Chris Scully-Brown would walk 5,000 miles – and more – if she could. Scully-Brown refuses to let type-1 diabetes stand in the way of her physical pursuits. Proof in point: she recently took on the Bruce Trail. The Bruce Trail is one of Canada’s oldest and most rugged paths that spans approximately 900 km from Niagara to Tobermory in southern Ontario. Scully-Brown hiked with constant stabs of pain, which never let her forget that she suffers from bilateral frozen shoulder. She walked through weeks of nausea. She trekked with erratic blood sugars. And she did it all solo after her dog Penny quit 2 days into the trail because of saddle sores. ‘I didn’t …
Pharmacists and type-1 diabetes
Navigating relationships with healthcare for people with T1D, and focusing on the power of positive relationships with pharmacists
Type-1 Diabetes: the 34-year diaversary
Katie Bartel’s type-1 diabetes turns 34 today. In this “diaversary” themed post, the registered dietitian takes time to reflect on the achievements she’s had with type-1 diabetes constantly at her side.
Calculating the ‘fat-protein’ math for type-1 diabetes
Registered dietitian Katie Bartel walks us through how to calculate insulin for high fat-protein meals using fat-protein units