Did you know that a woman’s insulin sensitivity changes throughout her monthly cycle? This post will focus on the correlation between monthly fluctuation in hormones and insulin sensitivity so Type 1 diabetic women can better navigate blood sugar management every month. First, let’s walk through the menstrual cycle and its four phases to begin to see why blood sugars may be affected.

health and wellness, Type 1 DiabetesAnnie ElfeltJuly 6, 2021t1d, type 1 diabetes, menstrual cycle, blood sugarsComment

The Blood Sugar Guide To High Protein / High Fat Meals

Fats and protein can delay carbohydrate digestion and absorption - digestion is a break down of carbs into simple sugars, while absorption is the process where these simple sugars leave the gut and are absorbed directly into the bloodstream. The time frame becomes important especially when it relates to our insulin peak time.

health and wellness, Healthy Eating, Type 1 Diabetes, NutritionTaylor Gann, PA-SAugust 19, 2020nutrition, blood sugars, T1DComment

How The Gut Microbiome Is Connected To Your Diabetes

Having good bacteria in our gut microbiome helps appetite, digestion, bowel movements, can aid with weight loss efforts and help us better control our blood sugars. For example in our gut microbiome, bacteria break down different food products that we wouldn’t normally be able to digest. While the bacteria are afforded a nice warm SAFE place to live. Therefore we both benefit. This may gross you out, but in fact is essential to human life and without it we would not be able to function.

Type 1 Diabetes, health and wellnessTaylor Gann, PA-SMay 20, 2020microbiome, gut, gut health, diabetes, t1d, type 1 diabetesComment

How To Eat A Paleo Diet With Diabetes

The Paleo Diet has been nicknamed the “Caveman Diet” because you are supposed to only eat foods that cavemen ate, but this really is a simplistic summarization of the diet. It includes meats, specifically animal proteins, healthy fats and oils, fruits, and veggies while you are to avoid processed grains, carbs, and sugar. And this isn’t just limiting carbs like the Atkins diet, this is avoiding carbs, grains, processed wheat and sugar at all costs.

How To Eat A Low-Carb Diet With Diabetes

The low carb, “diabetic,” or Atkins diet all fall under the same umbrella—limit carbs and supplement with high fat and protein food sources. The truth is, there is no true diabetic diet—I’m sure you’ve heard so many stories about different diets that have “cured” diabetes. While that isn’t exactly true, that doesn’t mean that different diets don’t work for different people because they certainly do—our technology just isn’t there yet to customize diet plans based on people’s genetics. In general we are trending away from using the term “diabetic diet” because we want people to have healthy balanced meals rather than extremely restrictive diets.

The 5 Diabetes Basics That You Might Be Overlooking

To start, put more veggies on that plate or in our snacks—most veggies are low carb anyways, plus as we all know, jammed pack full of vitamins and minerals. It’s like killing two birds with one stone, avoiding spikes in blood sugars while also replenishing our body and giving it what it needs. When it come to carbs, well we could spend hours on that subject alone, but remember to try to keep your grams of carbs consistent. For example, if you had 30g yesterday morning, try to match that on the following morning. (Please keep in mind everyone has their specific diet plans with their medical team, so please refer to that—that statement is not taken to mean that everyone should eat 30g of carbs).

The Effects Exercise has on Blood Sugars

Exercise and blood sugars. Its an interesting relationship between the two, but I want to demystify the cause and effect that can lead to us shying away from getting our exercise in. I want to show you that it can actually be relatively consistent and predictable with proper planning, documentation, and consistency. While this is something that I coach on in depth through my diabetic health coaching program, this will be more of an overview so that we can keep it short.

How Logging Data Can Help Improve Your Diabetes Control

One of the best ways that I’ve found helps me manage my diabetes is to make sure that I log everything from blood sugars, to insulin doses, to the food that I eat. It sounds painstaking, but trust me, it’s worth it.

Having data will help you make more informed decisions. And the more informed your decisions are, the better your control will be over your diabetes, thus, you’ll feel better (I hope)!

health and wellness, mindset, mental healthLeahMarch 27, 2019heath, mindset, stories, documentationComment

[Dangers of Sedentary Behaviors]- 5 min read

Do you sit for hours upon hours a day? If you answered yes, you are not alone. In fact, you are part of a majority. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2018), only about 21% of adults in the US are meeting physical activity guidelines. Now, I knew that having sedentary behavior was not good for you but, it turns out, it is more dangerous than I thought.

[GRATITUDE IS HEALTHY] -- 3 min read

A lot of you reading this have heard the saying, “Gratitude is the best attitude.” This saying, while holds true, has more meaning than we realize. Most of us associate gratitude with saying “thank you” to someone who has helped us or given us a gift. From a scientific perspective, gratitude is not just an action. Gratitude is a positive emotion, which is important because it serves a purpose.

[MEDITATION IS HEALTHY]-- 4 MIN READ

Meditation has been around for centuries. Meditation basically like “exercise for your brain.” And while basic forms of meditation can be simple — for example, focusing on the sensations of your breath for a period of time — meditating is not always easy to actually do. Sometimes, it is hard to clear your head and just “be,” but it is so worth it! Let’s take a look at what meditation is and why it is healthy.

[COCONUT WATER IS HEALTHY] -- 2 min read

Coconut water has been around for a long time, however, only recently did it become a trendy beverage. It is very tasty and refreshing but not many people know that it is loaded with several important nutrients, including minerals that most people don't get enough of.

health, health and wellness, [BE HEALTHY] seriesLisa Vande VegteSeptember 19, 2017coconut, coconut water, health and wellnessComment

[ANTIOXIDANTS ARE HEALTHY]-- 4 min read

We are in the wellness part of our series and today we will be discussing antioxidants and why they are healthy. Antioxidants come up frequently in discussions about good health and preventing diseases. These powerful substances are mostly found in the fresh fruits and vegetables we eat.

[GOING OUTSIDE IS HEALTHY]-- 3 min read

Today’s topic is wellness; specifically, the benefits of going outside. Nature offers one of the most reliable boosts to your mental and physical well-being. Let’s take a deeper look at why going out side is healthy!

[GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IS HEALTHY] -- 3 min read

We are continuing our series, “Be Healthy,” where we are looking at what constitutes being truly healthy. Today, we are discussing Mental Health and how it relates to a healthy lifestyle.

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