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Surviving Without Guidance

Sheila shares her surprising journey through college while managing diabetes with minimal knowledge and training. Despite avoiding sweets, she unknowingly consumed high-carb foods like potato chips. It wasn't until her first pregnancy that she learned about carb counting, highlighting the lack of guidance she received throughout her early years with diabetes.

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Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
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- Hey Gary, I've been a follower of yours for a long time. I love your content and the message you're sending out to the world. I wanted to ask, I am a type 1 diabetic; I became diabetic just before my 18th birthday. I have always been a healthy and athletic man, and now more than ever. You speak a lot about type 2 diabetes but never really about type 1. I am curious if you know anything that the masses may not about this condition. I never truly understood why I became diabetic, and neither did the doctors. I know the general explanation of why and how it happens, but there has never been a root cause explanation. I am 22 now and doing great living as a diabetic with excellent sugar and A1C levels, but I'm always interested to know and learn more. Thanks for all you are doing in the world for healthy living.