The Fast Life with Diabetes-- Intermittent Fasting

What a unique story! In September 2021, at age 45, Gloria was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic. Taking matters into her own hands, she decided to attempt to reverse her diabetes through diet and fasting after finding the work of Dr. Jason Fung. After a year of blood sugars that were still too high, Gloria was later properly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and is now insulin-dependent. Interestingly,...

Andrew is one of the kindest people I have had the pleasure of speaking to on this podcast. His life has not been easy – he was diagnosed as diabetic at the age of 17 and was put on insulin at the time. He was essentially treated as a Type 1 diabetic, although he found out later that he was actually Type 2. He has diabetes running strong through his family and he has witnessed the devastating cons...

The key with ADF or longer fasts is to set yourself up for success. I'll compare and contrast two ADF experiences - one where everything went wrong and another where everything went right. Enjoy!

Hillary was fascinating to speak to! As a physician assistant, she comes to this discussion with a medical background and her insights about the benefits of fasting paired with a low carb diet are eye opening! She has been fasting for 3 years so she is able to provide lots of great tips about maintaining this lifestyle for the long term. Within a very short period of time after beginning fasting/m...

Steve was diagnosed with cancer and Type 2 diabetes at the same time. What a difficult time, to say the least! In June 2020, he was able to become cancer free and had improved his A1C to 7.1. However, he was dealt another blow to his health and his A1C went back to 12.6. Through hard work, intermittent fasting, and a low-carb diet, Steve has been able to reduce his A1c to 9.3 and is hoping to redu...

Mike is one of my favorite T1Ds! Every time I speak to him, I am inspired! He was last on the show in January 2022 - I highly recommend that you listen to his original episode first: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fast-life-with-diabetes-intermittent-fasting/id1601043790?i=1000548343514 He has been fasting since November 2020 and has dramatically improved his health. In addition to shed...

I am so excited to bring to you this incredible episode with Dr. Nadia Pateguana! If you aren't already familiar with her, she is a Naturopathic Doctor and Dietary Coach at The Fasting Method. She works with Dr. Jason Fung and Megan Ramos. She also wrote a book -- 'The PCOS Plan: Prevent and Reverse Polycystic Ovary Syndrome through Diet and Fasting' -- with Dr. Jason Fung. We go deep...

Mali is so open and honest. She has been through quite a bit in her life and she has persevered. Mali is 19 years sober and sobriety has informed her mindset when it comes to her health and fasting. She has dealt with a number of health conditions including Type 2 diabetes, a neurological disorder, and high cholesterol. Throughout it all, she has maintained a very balanced view and she is kind to...

What a fascinating life Joy has led! It was such a treat to hear her story! Joy is 81 years old and has been intermittent fasting for 3 years. We go into great depth about her fasting schedule and diet. Throughout our discussion about intermittent fasting, Joy weaves in many interesting stories about her beautiful and full life. In addition to reclaiming her health, Joy has also lost 75 pounds......

Melissa has had Type 1 diabetes for 40 years and is now giving back to the diabetes community with her health coaching practice. Melissa has not always had the best blood sugar control but she now uses diet, exercise, and intermittent fasting to keep her blood sugars more stable. We had a great chat about changes to blood sugar and weight during menopause. One of the blood sugar management tools a...

Christina has had Type 2 diabetes for 19 years and, around 1.5 years ago, she decided to take control of her health and started fasting. Within 2 weeks, she was off all diabetes meds and shortly after got off her high blood pressure meds. Also, her arthritis has significantly improved. Christina's weight loss has been dramatic and she's lost 65 pounds to date (252 lbs starting weight). Chr...

I can't believe it's been a year and what a year it has been! Intermittent fasting has been one of the best discoveries of my life. I have much better blood sugar control (although it's not perfect) and my weight has been super steady. In this episode, I go over the top 5 lessons that I have learned over the year. When you listen, you'll see, things didn't necessarily go as I t...

Laurie is well known in the intermittent fasting community as an IF coach and for her incredible IF story. She started intermittent fasting to combat some issues that came up during menopause including a 50 pound weight gain, brain fog, lack of balance, and memory loss. Purely through IF, she successfully lost the weight and regained her mental clarity. Laurie has been intermittent fasting for 5 y...

REMINDER: This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please speak to your doctor to determine whether Afrezza is right for you. I am thrilled to release this episode with Michael Castagna PharmD, CEO of MannKind. MannKind is the maker of Afrezza, the inhaled insulin. Listen back to Episode 25 released on May 18, 2022 (link below) if you want my initial impressions of Afrezza. As you may...

I am so excited for you to hear this episode with Ginger! Ginger has a wealth of knowledge pertaining to all things diabetes. She's been T1D since 1999 and has been writing about diabetes related topics for 15 years. Ginger has authored or co-authored 5 books relating to diabetes and she's currently a full-time writer and Content Manager for Beyond Type 1 and Beyond Type 2. Ginger has been...

Jody has quite a story! She has been dealing with diabetes in some form since 2007. She started out with gestational diabetes, then her doctors thought she had Type 2 (she didn't), and years later was diagnosed with Type 1 LADA. If that were not enough to keep her busy, Jody is also dealing with thyroid issues. Throughout everything, she gives herself grace and keeps moving forward. She found...

Lee is back! He was our first guest and his episode was one of our most popular! If you haven't listened to episode 7 from January 12, 2022, listen to that one first. On April 20, 2021, Lee was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes with an A1C of 11.2. At that point, he changed his diet and took up fasting. Within a few months, he was able to reverse his diabetes and lose 50 pounds. In this episode,...

QUICK NOTE: The podcast will be moving to an every other week format during the summer months. After the summer is over, we'll go back to weekly episodes. TODAY'S EPISODE: I love Barbie's story because she's living proof that making changes to your diet and fasting are sustainable long term. Following her diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes in October 2019, Barbie began fasting and made c...

I love Mike's story because it illustrates just how quickly you can turn things around after a bad diagnosis. Immediately after getting diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, Mike changed his diet and began fasting. Within 4 short months, he had lost 50 pounds and reversed his T2D. His last A1C was 5.0, which confirms that his changes had the desired effect. I'm very excited for you to hear about...

REMINDER: This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please speak to your doctor to determine whether Afrezza is right for you. In my opinion, Afrezza is one of the best insulins out there. Unfortunately, not many people - both patients and doctors- know much about it. Afrezza is an inhaled insulin that is very fast acting and it works without the need to pre-bolus. In this episode, I h...

Candy is a nurse that is newly diagnosed with T1D. She's 48 years old and less than a year into her diagnosis. She speaks very candidly about her emotions around getting T1D later in life. She also explains how she uses fasting to help manage her diabetes. Also, over the last few years, she has lost 125 pounds, with 45 of those pounds lost through intermittent fasting. Even though she's ne...

I'm so pleased to have Netta Gorman on the podcast! You may know Netta from her podcast, Life After Sugar, or her program to cut sugar called the After Sugar Club. Links are below if you want to learn more. As diabetics, at some point, many of us contemplate cutting sugar either significantly or completely. While Netta does not have diabetes, she found that eating sugar and refined carbohydrat...

I know I say this a lot but you don't want to miss this episode! Bobby has not had it easy but he has persevered! Nothing can keep him from reaching his goals. He started out weighing 500lbs and has managed to lose 220lbs to date. He's not done yet though. He has lots of goals that he's striving to reach. Bobby had a traumatic Type 2 diabetes diagnosis in November 2021 and he IMMEDIATE...

I'll go through my 30 pound weight loss journey. I have changed up my approach a couple of times along the way and I'll tell you how to move past plateaus. Enjoy!

Rabea has accomplished incredible things, all in less than a year! Through intermittent fasting and changes to her diet, Rabea has managed to reverse her Type 2 diabetes, get off all meds, and lose 90 pounds! Her attitude on how to accomplish major objectives is to have long term goals but not rush to get to them. Her measured approach has allowed her to achieve great things without putting undue...