T1D and Sports: Riding the Ups and Downs of Blood Glucose
I had the opportunity to present this topic to a group of people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) called the T1D Huddle. The link includes recordings of the video
Outcome vs. Behaviour
Western society has trained us to be short-fused high-tempered instant-gratification seeking humans. This is dangerous for a lot of reasons: it’s tricking us into thinking that an extreme diet is
People-first language
What is “people-first language”? It’s using language that describes the person living with a condition, whereby the condition does not the define the person. Why is this important? There’s an
ViaCyte trial for Type 1 Diabetes
It begins for me, tomorrow. I go into the hospital and begin my pre-surgery preparation. I will be in the hospital for 5 days, though I only need to stay
No Added Sugar January
A lot of people gave themselves the task of “Sober January”. For me, it was all about sugar. I had consumed far too much in December but more importantly, I
Tourtiere – Low-FODMAP and Gluten free
You might be thinking “How could a savoury meat pie be healthy?” Well, I’m here to tell you that you can mitigate the damage rather nicely, and not sacrifice flavour. My
Create goals, NOT resolutions!
2018 is almost upon us, and it’s great to use the beginning of a new year to reflect on what worked in the year that is closing, and set some
Running: It’s all in the hips (Part 2)
In the previous post (Part 1), I talked about the contribution of the position of our pelvis on our ability to run properly. Muscles cannot fire properly if we are
Running: It’s all in the hips (Part 1)
Part 1 of this topic will address the forward and backward contributors to running. Part 2 of this topic will address side-to-side (otherwise known as lateral and medial) contributors to