Diabetes dietitian Archives - Page 2 of 8 - Katie Bartel, Registered Dietitian

Because sometimes, with type 1 diabetes, you’ve just got to keep on trying until you find a recipe that works for you. Hi friends!! It’s been awhile since I last posted. Life has been crazy busy, but I’m back now. Hopefully, for a good time and a long time 😉 Preach the trial and error As some of you may recall, I am a strong preacher of trial and error when it comes to individualizing diabetes care, and this goes for my T1D care too! So let’s talk sport and T1D trial and error. Every Saturday my favourite cycling chick and I go for a ride. For years, I have kept my T1D strategies similar to my running strategies: Get up 3-4 hours before the ride Eat breakfast with a reduced bolus Monitor blood sugars closely before the ride, and input a temporary basal anywhere from 60-90 minutes before Honestly, […]

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Oct 26 2023

Covid and type-1 diabetes, take 2

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Covid and type-1 diabetes: here we go again! Friends, I have been laid up for the past eight days with the Coronavirus attacking my insides. This is my second time with the virus and it was nothing like my first exposure. Let’s rewind to the start, shall we. GnR: the seed of Covid My husband and I took our son to his first concert, Guns ’N Roses, last Monday. It was a blast! It was so much fun watching our kid rocking out to Axl’s lyrics, and exclaiming Slash’s riffs. However, a few ironic things occurred that fateful evening: My colleagues at the hospital that day got their Covid booster and flu shot, but I said, no, no, I’m gonna wait; I don’t want any potential side effects to ruin our evening. On the walk to Skytrain, my son asked if we should have brought masks, which we didn’t. We

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Dec 7 2022

Managing menstruation with type-1 diabetes

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Discussing the challenges and possible solutions for managing menstruation with type-1 diabetes, and removing unnecessary stigmas surrounding menstruation, period.

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