The Diabetes Diaries

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Rachael kicks off season 2 of the Diabetes Diaries, at the Inaugural Breakthrough T1D Clinical & Research Congress (CRC2026), happening October 9 - 11th, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was a Live podcast on site, where over 1000 medical leaders from over 31 countries, gathered to present and share research with the mission of ending Type 1 diabetes....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Rachael goes live on a radio show! With Louisiana House majority leader, Michael Echols's.  His show "Echols @ Eight" has been running for almost 20 years and can be found on Talk 540 KMLB — News Talk 105.7 FM and 540 AM, Monroe and iHeartRadio.  He gets straight down to business and talks about current events, policies, and healthcare issues direct...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Rachael podcasts with Kyle in front of a Live audience in New Orleans, Louisiana for a city luncheon. Kyle Banks is a famous broadway dancer, and was originally misdiagnosed when he began with symptoms of Type 1 diabetes. He tells his story of how he lost a rapid amount of weight, and danced across Broadway stages, fighting high blood sugar almost to the point of...

Send us Fan Mail Is America facing a metabolic crisis, yet why is no one talking about it? In this episode of The Diabetes Diaries, Rachael Sood sits down with Dr. Amit Gupta — Medical Director of the Centre for Diabetes Care in Greater Noida, Chair Elect of the American Diabetes Association's Public Health and Epidemiology Interest Group, and one of the most respected global diabetes experts...

Send us Fan Mail Can you have a safe and healthy pregnancy with Type 1 diabetes? In this episode of The Diabetes Diaries, Rachael Sood sits down with Lauren Bongiorno, founder of Risely Health, the leading Type 1 diabetes virtual health coaching company, who has lived with Type 1 diabetes since she was just seven years old. Lauren breaks down everything you need to know about preparing for pregnan...

Send us Fan Mail Could Type 1 diabetes be identified before blood sugar is ever high?  In this episode of The Diabetes Diaries, Rachael Sood sits down with Melissa Holloway, founder of SmartStart Health and Type 1 Diabetes Public Advocacy Lead at King's College in London. Melissa was actually diagnosed with Type 1 as a child after years of symptoms that every doctor missed. She was nearly in...

Send us Fan Mail Does diabetes mean no sugar or no fruit?! In this episode of the diabetes diaries, Rachael sits down with Sarah Hormachea, a board certified diabetes care and education specialist, and registered dietitian, to breakdown common myths around food and diabetes. Sarah explains why managing blood sugar does not mean cutting out the foods you love, but how balance, pairing, portions, pl...

Send us Fan Mail What if your blood sugar looked completely normal but you were actually dying!? In this episode of The Diabetes Diaries, Rachael Sood sits down with Danica Collins, a person living with Type 1 Diabetes, to discuss the dangers of DKA. Danica is a well known influencer and founder of Dia-log,  a health coaching and community platform dedicated to empowering people living with diabet...

Send us Fan Mail The Omnipod 5 insulin pump, made by the company “insulet”, is currently the only tubeless insulin pump with automated insulin delivery capability and CGM connectivity on the market in the United States of America. The company released updates to its algorithm in June 2926, including a lower glucose target and improvements so that people can stay in automation for longer. It also c...

Send us Fan Mail We know DKA kills. And is often the first thing that occurs when people are newly diagnosed with diabetes. But now there’s a continuous dual glucose ketone monitor, manufactured by Abbott, that could change it all. In this episode of The Diabetes Diaries, Rachael Sood sits down with Dr. David Ahn, Endocrinologist of Orange County, California. Dr. Ahn explains that CKM technology i...

Send us Fan Mail Is it safe to use GLP1 in T1D? In this episode of The Diabetes Diaries, Rachael Sood sits down with Dr. Diana Isaacs, Pharmacist and Director of Education and training in Diabetes Technology, and co-Director of endocrine disorders in pregnancy at the Cleveland clinic. Dr. Isaacs shares her expertise and clinical insights when it comes to starting Glp1 medications in people living...

Send us Fan Mail Could Type 1 diabetes finally have a cure? In this episode of The Diabetes Diaries, Rachael Sood sits down with Dr. Piotr Witkowski, a transplant surgeon at the University of Chicago and the lead researcher behind the Eledon trial - a groundbreaking clinical trial involving islet cell transplant, and the medication Tegoprubart, that may change the future of Type 1 diabetes treatme...