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Transforming Diabetes Management: a Low-Carb Path to Stability and Health
Listen to personal experiences of individuals and families who have embraced a low-carbohydrate diet to manage Type 1 diabetes, discovering a variety of rich and satisfying new meals. This video emphasizes the profound positive impact on...
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Dr. Bernstein's Low Carb Diet for Type 1 Diabetes
In this video, families discuss how switching to Dr. Bernstein's low-carbohydrate dietary approach to managing Type 1 diabetes impacted their lives and the health of their children. This diet allowed many of them to control blood sugar...
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The Dangers of a High Carb Diet for Children with Diabetes
This video addresses the American societal model that associates childhood with consuming high-carbohydrate foods like cupcakes, pizza, and pancakes, a diet that poses significant challenges for children with Type 1 diabetes. Parents...
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Dietary Misconceptions in Diabetes Care
This video explores the significant gap in nutrition education among medical professionals, highlighting the focus on new technologies and research over dietary interventions in medical training. It details the pressures and constraints...
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How High Carbohydrate Diets Negatively Impact Type I Diabetics
Families of children with Type 1 diabetes explain the confusion and frustration they faced as they navigated diabetes management. They discuss dietary advice that seems counterintuitive, focusing on high-carbohydrate foods despite the...
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Personal Struggles with Diabetes Management and Resulting Complications
Personal stories from individuals living with Type 1 diabetes. They detail their struggles with managing blood sugar levels, the fear and physical toll of constant fluctuations, and the long-term complications they faced as a result....
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Discovery of Insulin and Debate Surrounding Modern Useage
After years of research, insulin was isolated by a team at the University of Toronto in 1921, leading to a partnership with Eli Lilly and Company for its manufacture as a lifesaving treatment. However, managing diabetes using current...
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Introduction to Juvenile Diabetes and Diagnosis
This video details one family's alarming experience when their daughter Sierra's flu-like symptoms escalated into a severe and life-threatening condition, leading to her diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes after being admitted to the hospital...
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How Eisenhower's Heart Attack Reshaped American Diets
When President Eisenhower had a heart attack in 1955, it impacted the entire American diet. Soon, most people were adopting a low-fat, high-carbohydrate dietary model. This dietary shift, though based on flawed science, laid the...
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Personal Stories of Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis and Management
Three different families recount their experiences during and after their children were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Despite following medical advice, managing their children's blood sugar levels proved challenging, leading to severe...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Endocrinology and Diabetes: Glucose Insulin and Diabetes
Get a handle on the basics of Type I and Type II diabetes. [7:24]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Diabetes News
In this segment, we'll look at new research in the battle against diabetes, and efforts to cure Type 1 diabetes by regrowing islet cells.