The Healthy Diabetic

Within fifteen minutes we were deep in a conversation about glucose responsive insulin, closed loop systems, stem cell trials, the future of diabetes technology, and whether stress is ultimately the biggest driver of insulin resistance on the planet. Glucose responsive insulin — or smart insulin — is the idea of a medication that sits in the body and only activates in response to rising blood suga...

Dexcom rolled out a new data policy update to G7 users — and they did it in the worst possible way. Mid-sensor. Mid-day. A message blocking access to blood sugar readings with two options: accept a policy update that most people will never read, or delete the app. No warning. No window to prepare. Just a screen standing between a diabetic and their numbers. Graham and I break down what we know abo...

Charity Dimas has spent her career in healthcare — EMS, medical assisting, nursing school, and now organ procurement, where she works with deceased organ donors and has learned more about the pancreas than she ever expected. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in March of this year. And the paradigm shift from knowing about diabetes clinically to actually living with it as a patient has been on...

Graham’s morning looked like this — woke up at 238, went for a run, hit 240, took two units, dropped to 69, had a fig bar, bounced back to 239. Meanwhile I woke up to a CGM reading of 267 when my finger stick said 160. A hundred milligrams per deciliter off. On day nine of a ten-day sensor. In this episode Graham and I get honest about something that’s been frustrating both of us — CGM accuracy. S...

Graham came in with a stat that stopped me in my tracks — 800 million people worldwide are now living with diabetes. That’s almost one-ninth of the entire global population. And cases have quadrupled since 1990. But the number that is shocking is that  about 11 million people in the United States  have diabetes right now and have absolutely no idea. In this episode Graham and I get into why the di...

Welcome to Diabetes Tips & Tricks - a brand new series on the Podcast dedicated to deep diving into the specific topics that impact your blood sugar every single day. In this first episode we start with the most important tool in every T1D's toolbox — insulin. And not just what it is. But how it actually works, when it works, and why understanding those three things changes everything abo...

Welcome back to Diabetes Confessions - a series where I press record and get honest about the things I've done with my diabetes that I'm not proud of. I almost didn't record this one. Because what I'm about to confess goes against everything I talk about on this show. But that's exactly why it needs to be talked about. The last couple of weeks I've been lazy with my d...

I've had Type 1 diabetes for almost 20 years. And for almost 20 years, every time I've gotten sick, my insulin needs have gone up — sometimes dramatically. Inflammation increases insulin resistance. That's just how it works. So when my symptoms hit hard this week and my blood sugars started running low instead of high, I had to stop and figure out what was actually going on. In this...

After almost 20 years living with Type 1 diabetes, I've started to see a pattern that I can't unsee. Almost every challenge I hear from clients, from listeners, from people reaching out on social media comes back to three or four specific things. And when those things click for you so many other problems start solving themselves without anyone having to try that hard. Graham and I also g...

In this episode, I opened this episode with a concept that I don't think gets talked about honestly enough — rage bolusing. It's what happens when your blood sugar won't come down, the frustration builds, and you just keep dumping insulin on top of insulin on top of insulin hoping something finally works. It feels like taking control. It isn't. It's one of the most emotion...

In this episode, Graham and I get into something I find myself thinking about often - why is it so hard for people to eat well and live healthy lives? Not because they don't care. Not because they're lazy. But because the system is stacked against us. Ultra-processed foods are engineered to be addictive. Fast food is cheaper, faster, and more accessible than cooking a real meal after a t...

In today's episode Graham and I talk about why some people are successful in their diabetes management and others aren't.  Routines and building the right consistent habits are one of the foundations to a great management system. We jump into why some people thrive on structure and schedules and logbooks, and why other people do just as well without any of that. We talk about the guilt t...

I sat down with Madi Cheever - registered dietitian, T1D, and founder of Type 1 Type Fun. Madi had an extraordinary year. She published a book, launched her podcast The Bad Diabetic Club, hosted a nearly 300-person diabetes conference, traveled to Japan, and served as dietitian at multiple diabetes camps across the country. From the outside it looked like everything was firing on all cylinders. Be...

Once I understood the difference between insulin resistance and insulin sensitivity, everything clicked. Not just about diabetes - about why chronic disease is exploding, why autoimmune conditions are rising, and why the food systems most of us rely on are working against us instead of for us. Graham and I dig into what insulin resistance and insulin sensitivity actually mean, how they affect bloo...

Diabetes doesn't hold me back, but it used to... In today's episode, we talked about what it takes to manage diabetes as a caregiver and how making decisions for yourself is essential for building your confidence.  What does it actually means to make yourself the priority - not in a selfish way, but in the way that every parent, spouse, coach, and person living with a chronic condition n...

Welcome to Diabetes Confessions — a diabetes series where talk about my diabetes confessions and how I've learned to overcome the mental, physical, and emotional toll of living with diabetes.  (Episode 2): Pre-bolusing is one of the most important things you can do to keep your blood sugar stable after a meal. I've known that for a long time. And for a long stretch of my life with T1D —...

In today's episode, I asked Graham one question at the start of this episode — what are the two most important things that keep your blood sugar stable? Two Type 1 diabetics. Fifty years of combined experience. Two answers that might completely change how you think about what actually keeps your blood sugar stable. 🔑 Key Takeaways Why organizing your diabetes supplies isn't just practic...

In today's episode, I sat down with Matt Schreiber — diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in March of 2025 with a blood sugar of 480 and an A1C of 13.1 — and walked away from this conversation genuinely inspired. Matt spent months feeling exhausted, losing weight, constantly thirsty, and running out of steam ten minutes into a workout. It took his girlfriend finally saying enough is enough and drag...

If there is ever a cure are we really CURING Type 1 Diabetes? Not in the sense of whether the technology exists yet. But in a deeper sense - if stem cells, a pancreatic transplant, or some other breakthrough meant you never had to take insulin again, have we actually cured the autoimmune condition that caused Type 1 in the first place? Or have we just found a way to work around it? Our perspective...

Graham's been on Ozempic for seven weeks. He came into this episode with three words. "There is no taking care of your blood sugar anymore." That's a bold statement. And as his co-host and someone who coaches people through diabetes every day, I naturally had questions. A lot of them.  From there the conversation goes wide. We debate what exercise actually is and isn't — a...

I saw a clip on Instagram a couple of weeks ago and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since. Some of the brands I've trusted for years - brands that promised clean ingredients - may lying to all of us.  I've been talking about nutrition for the last few episodes - why food quality matters, why ingredient lists tell you more than nutrition labels, and why clean eating is o...

Welcome to Diabetes Confessions — a brand new series where we get honest about the decisions we've made in diabetes that we're not proud of. For years, I've coached people through the daily complexities of Type 1 diabetes. I've talked about trust, dosing strategy, pre-bolusing, exercise, nutrition strategies, and building habits that stick. What I haven't talked about - un...

Graham asked Ken one question that stopped him in his tracks - is there a right or wrong way to manage Type 1 diabetes?  The wrong way to manage Type 1 diabetes has nothing to do with your numbers. Nothing to do with your A1C, your TIR, pre-bolusing, carb counting, or CGM numbers. For Ken, the one non-negotiable your mental health. Because if your mental health isn't in alignment with your di...

No time to cook - this is the clean eating solution every busy diabetic has been waiting for.  In today's episode Ken sits down with Kat Brown, the founder and CEO of luxe + lemons, a Columbus-based prepared meal company making healthy eating easier for busy women and families. Since founding the company in 2018, Kat has grown luxe + lemons from a small local startup into a multimillion-dolla...

Ken just returned from diabetes camp and Graham had questions. Lots of them. What started as a catch-up conversation turned into one of the most relatable episodes Ken and Graham have recorded — because at the heart of it is something every person with Type 1 diabetes knows intimately: the moment your normal routine disappears, diabetes gets unpredictable fast. Ken breaks down what it actually loo...