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This Blood Test Predicts Your Future

12th - Higher Ed
There's a lot of interest in knowing your future when you're a kid. But one thing you can know with basically 100% certainty isn't one you'd expect - your risk of developing type one diabetes. So if one simple blood test can tell you if...
Instructional Video9:40
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Transforming Diabetes Management: a Low-Carb Path to Stability and Health

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video7:23
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The Dangers of a High Carb Diet for Children with Diabetes

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:37
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Dietary Misconceptions in Diabetes Care

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video4:10
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Personal Struggles with Diabetes Management and Resulting Complications

3rd - Higher Ed
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....
Instructional Video4:17
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Discovery of Insulin and Debate Surrounding Modern Useage

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video3:33
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Personal Stories of Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis and Management

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video5:43
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Dr. Bernstein's Low Carb Diet for Type 1 Diabetes

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video5:45
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How High Carbohydrate Diets Negatively Impact Type I Diabetics

3rd - Higher Ed
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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Diabetes and Insulin: A Triumph for Recombinant DNA Technology

9th - Higher Ed
Having talked a lot about diseases caused by pathogens, and the breakthroughs with antibiotics and vaccines to address them, it's time to check out some other maladies that are more directly related to human physiology. Let's start with...