Navigating the Unknowns of Endurance Running as a Plant-Based Type 1 Diabetic - Insulin, Carbs, Hydration, and the Curious Pursuit of Mastery
How much insulin should I take? How much should I eat? Will I be able to run longer distances, for longer periods of time?
My head was spinning with all these questions. This post is my attempt to figure out some answers!
I have joined the Diabetes Liga Running Team!
I am proudly joining the Diabetes Liga! Let’s reinforce a message of health, sports and diabetes!
How I calculate insulin doses…automatically!
How I automatically compute my carbs:insulin ratio, predict my insulin doses and master my diabetes!
High-protein diet: an experiment I won’t repeat
I have explored the benefits of a high-carb diet.
I have explored the danger of a high-fat diet.
What about high-proteins? Well…don’t try this at home!
How running is making me a better type-1 diabetic
Running is helping me control and improve my food intake, my cravings, my insulin sensitivity and the stability of my blood glucose. How? Read on!
Learning to listen to the body: burnout, hyperglycaemia and the internal GPS
We all have a certain amount of energy. We all have an Ego that wants to constantly overdo it somewhere, draining our energy tank. Ego leads us off-track. But we can use our Internal GPS to stay on the path.
10 days of high-fat processed food. Damages and lessons
Insulin resistance: don’t try this at home!
What a typical day of eating and training looks like
The workouts, the foods. Everything I am learning as a Type-1 plant based diabetic runner: the good things, the mistakes and the fixes!
Exactly how I improved my running form to run injury free forever
The concepts, the exercises and the drills for injury-free running.
Intermittent fasting, diabetes and endurance training: review and updates!
Considering some adaptations to my intermittent fasting protocol as my running volume increases.
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