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#226: The Impacts Of Ozempic On Type 1 Diabetes, with Ginger Vieira
In today’s episode Eoin speaks with Ginger Vieira (@gingervieira.t1d).
Ginger is from the United States and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes over 25 years ago, at the age of 13.
Within the last 25 years, Ginger has dedicated years of personal and professional research into Diabetes, and has become a go to figure for Diabetes insight, information, and advice.
She has a Youtube channel dedicated to Diabetes, with over 13 thousand subscribers, she shares valuable content with her 10 thousand followers on Instagram daily, has written endless articles on the condition, and written over 10 books on Diabetes management, ranging from exercising and emotional eating, to burnout and pregnancy.
In this episode Eoin and Ginger speak on a variety of topics including:
- The impact of exercise on insulin sensitivity.
- Avoiding self pity.
- Adjusting basal and insulin doses.
- Gaining confidence to “question authority”.
- The effects of Ozempic with Type 1 Diabetes.
- And much more!
See and hear more from Ginger here:
• Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B008ZPEGQ6/allbooks
• Articles: https://www.GingerVieira.com/diabetes
• Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/type1tea
• Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/GingerVieira.T1D
• Linkedin: https://www.Linkedin.com/in/GingerVieira
Ginger's Diabetes Books:
Stop Overeating During Lows - https://a.co/d/g4iRcxJ
Exercise with Diabetes - https://amzn.to/3RQd1NK
Dealing with Diabetes Burnout - https://amzn.to/3th5QF7
Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes - https://amzn.to/3GOC4dO
Emotional Eating with Diabetes - https://amzn.to/48nkRE0
When I Go Low - https://amzn.to/48kCxju
Ain't Gonna Hide my T1D - https://amzn.to/3GOlASW
As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!
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