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HbA1c: It’s just a number
June 24, 2021
Diabetes
Registered dietitian Katie Bartel discusses the pitfalls of striving for a perfect HbA1c, and encourages both the T1D community and healthcare professionals to look at the broader picture, beyond the…
Nutrition for endurance sport with type-1 diabetes
June 17, 2021
Diabetes
Nutrition for sport with type-1 diabetes is not easy, and it's not textbook, but registered dietitian Katie Bartel helps break the general recommendations down.
Diabetes Burnout
March 19, 2021
Diabetes
Some days diabetes needs to be put on the back burner in favour of elevating mental health.
T1D RD in the house
March 11, 2021
Diabetes
Katie Bartel describes her journey from journalism to dietitian, and the importance of serving the type-1 diabetes population as a registered dietitian with T1D.
T1D: permission to talk
October 5, 2020
Diabetes
It's ok to say NO to talking about your diabetes. This disease is yours, no one else's. If you don't want to discuss it, that's totally okay.
Sport Hydration: more than just water
September 16, 2020
Personal
Sport hydration: more than just water
Next steps: from student to RD(t)
August 26, 2020
Diabetes
When the student becomes the professional - after 6 years of schooling, I've finally achieved RD(t) status. Let's talk about next steps.
Fuelling in motion – with T1D
August 19, 2020
Diabetes
Hello folks, let's talk fuelling in motion. We'll call this one diabetes sport trick of the trade number 321 😉
Day tripping for balance
August 5, 2020
Diabetes
For the past six years my family has been segregated due to school. This was largely in part because I couldn’t find a balance between school and pretty much anything…
Heat wave with T1D: time to 'pivot'
July 29, 2020
Diabetes
When a heat wave strikes, and cooks our insulin, and pretty much all things diabetes, we pivot.
Testing blood sugars – in motion
July 21, 2020
Personal
Today we're going to master the art of testing blood sugars in motion – whether it's finger pricking or scanning, we've got this!
Podcast: Loving the DOC community
July 15, 2020
Diabetes
Communicating the Type 1 experience with 3 other T1Ds - podcast style!