When I started on my journey with diabetes, I knew that exercise was needed. That raised the question: when in the day to exercise? The literature is a bit poor on that subject. It is often advised to type 1 diabetics to exercise before their morning meal and before injecting…
As a result of modern medicine, type 2 diabetes is often treated at the symptom level: lower glucose levels, control side effects, make people feel better for a while. But it’s an endless cycle since for example insulin injection leads to weight gain, which leads to more insulin resistance, which…
One important factor in managing your diabetes is controlling your glycemia and the rate of absorption of glucose into your bloodstream. It can be achieved by pre-loading your meal with fat and proteins. Many studies have shown that both fat and proteins have several beneficial effects on glucose management, especially…
As I mentioned before, exercise is a good way to control your glycemia. It is also a good way to lose weight. The question is: what exercise? If you’re like me, when you were diagnosed you were overweight. So exercise wasn’t something you liked to do: it’s boring, it takes…
One of the most important things to do once diagnosed with diabetes is to start tracking your glycemia. This is the one indicator that will tell you how your body is doing, the effect of what you eat or do, and more generally how your condition evolves. But to monitor…
At some point, it’s inevitable, you’ll be hungry between meals. There can be many reasons for it: insufficient meal (you can be too hardcore in your diet), exercise, or just you feel like eating because you had a bad day. You shouldn’t be, but we live in the real world…
When you’re diagnosed with diabetes, you know it’s going to be a life-changing event. There are several strategies you can adopt to help getting into remission. One of them is to switch to a plant-based diet. There are many reasons why you’d want to become vegetarian: you don’t like meat,…
I’m an engineer, but I also have a doctorate. Which means I approach problems from two points of view: how does it work and what does it mean (the doctor in me), and how do I fix it with minimal effort and most elegance (the engineer in me). So when…
When carbs will feature in a meal, we know that our blood sugar will spike badly shortly after. There are several ways to manage and minimise that spike. One is exercise. Another is to eat green vegetables. Green vegetables are nearly free from carbohydrates. So in themselves they won’t raise…
So you want to eat something you know is bad for you? For example a croissant for breakfast once in a while. Or a slice of chocolate cake. You know they’re going to make you spike badly. But sometimes it’s hard to resist (or you have no choice because you…