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#249: Overcoming My Alcohol Addiction, & Using My Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis As A Driving Force For Change, with Justine Santowiak
In this week’s episode Eoin chats with Justine Santowiak (@jusswhitchurch).
Justine is a personal trainer, author, model and motivational speaker (https://justinewhitchurch.com.au/ ).
Having experienced a near death alcohol addiction, while admittedly at her worst she was consuming “about three bottles of wine a day, and a few shots of vodka”, Justine now lives her life with health and fitness as her core foundation.
Her self-published book ‘Sobriety Delivered Everything Alcohol Promised’ ("Sobriety Delivered Everything Alcohol Promised") outlines the steps she took after hitting rock bottom with just months to live.
Just a few years after Justine was sober, she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 44. Something that came as a massive shock initially, but she feels it came at ‘the perfect time’, and she was prepared for it as her daughter was previously diagnosed with T1D at the age of 7.
Justine openly shares her darkest times, how she survived, and what steps she took to ultimately become the fittest and healthiest she’s ever been.
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#255: Eoin's Recap Of His Trip To The ATTD Conference.
24:09|Eoin sits down with Graham to chat about his recent trip with Medtronic to the ATTD conference in Amsterdam.ATTD stands for 'Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes' and Eoin discusses some of the things he took away from the conference including:His changing attitude towards pumps.Interesting exercises undertaken at the conference.Observations from a restaurant full of T1Ds.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!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoinBITESIZE #168: The Difficulty Of Being A T1D Parent.
06:38|This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. In this week's BITESIZE:A kids persepective on T1D. The impact of having a T1D babysitter. The difficulty of being a parent.To hear the full episode check out episode #178: What's 'Better', Being Diagnosed Earlier Or Later In Life? With Raquel Baron.[Replay]: The T1D Who Conquered Mount Everest (Part 2)
27:28|A replay of episode #61: 'Climbing Mount Everest with Type 1 Diabetes'.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!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin[Replay]: The T1D Who Conquered Mount Everest (Part 1)
36:12|A replay of episode #61: 'Climbing Mount Everest with Type 1 Diabetes'. 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!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoinBITESIZE #167: An Insane Eoin Challenge.
13:13|This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. In this week's BITESIZE:Another Eoin Challenge. A marathon where you don't sleep in the city that doesn't sleep. To hear the full episode check out episode #177: Running 1.75km Every Hour For 24 Hours.#254: 5 Ways You Can Actively Start Lowering Your A1C Today.
30:36|In today’s episode Eoin goes through 5 ways you can actively start lowering your A1C today (@insuleoin).Your A1C isn’t the “be all and end all”, but it is significantly important when it comes to your Diabetes management and long term health with the condition.Knowing HOW to lower it, and keep it in the range that you want is key to you living a healthy and long life with Type 1 Diabetes.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!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoinBITESIZE #166: Pre Bolusing Against Time.
06:56|This is a bitesize episode of 'The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes'. Each week we'll take a look back into the archive of episodes and get you to think and reflective once more about some of the things we've learned over the past few years. In this week's BITESIZE:A race against time. Pre bolusing for a smoothie. Adding a correction unit of insulin. To hear the full episode check out episode #176: "A Race Against Time": Teaching You how To Carb Count & Pre Bolus in 10 Minutes.#253: Meg Cremins (Part 2)
36:59|Part 2 of Eoin's chat with Meg Cremins (@megtypeone).Meg is a Registered Dietician, Personal Trainer, and has been living with Type 1 Diabetes herself, since the age of 5.Admittedly, Meg hasn’t always managed her Diabetes to the standard that she does now, and found her teen years particularly difficult. She doesn’t have any regret over this, as she feels that her experience up to this point has led her to where she is now, and she wouldn’t be running her own business otherwise.Eoin and Meg dive deep into the nutritional aspects of managing Type 1 Diabetes, and their philosophies around it.These topics include:How they both view their nutrition living with Type 1 Diabetes.Why having flexibility is important.The different insulin strategies needed for different meals.How to actually make beneficial changes with your management.How to bolus for fat and protein meals, compared to carbohydrate meals.And much more!Find out more about Megan here: Meg Cremins DetailsAs 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!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin#253: How To Approach Insulin Strategies For Different Types Of Meals With Type 1 Diabetes, with Meg Cremins
33:36|In today’s episode Eoin speaks with Meg Cremins (@megtypeone).Meg is a Registered Dietician, Personal Trainer, and has been living with Type 1 Diabetes herself, since the age of 5.Admittedly, Meg hasn’t always managed her Diabetes to the standard that she does now, and found her teen years particularly difficult. She doesn’t have any regret over this, as she feels that her experience up to this point has led her to where she is now, and she wouldn’t be running her own business otherwise.Eoin and Meg dive deep into the nutritional aspects of managing Type 1 Diabetes, and their philosophies around it.These topics include:How they both view their nutrition living with Type 1 Diabetes.Why having flexibility is important.The different insulin strategies needed for different meals.How to actually make beneficial changes with your management.How to bolus for fat and protein meals, compared to carbohydrate meals.And much more!Find out more about Megan here: Meg Cremins DetailsAs 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!Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.comConnect, Learn & Work with Eoin:https://linktr.ee/insuleoin