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Get ready for your diabetes world to be ROCKED! Balanced blood sugars are possible (and easy!) when you support your metabolic health and work with the female body (& your hormones) instead of against them. As women, our bodies have a completely different rhythm, nutrient needs, energy needs, and insulin needs than men. On top of that, those needs change, cyclically, throughout the month. By supporting these needs of the female body you’ll get more stability & predictably in your blood sugar numbers.
Are you doing all the “right” things but still can’t stay in range?
Hey! I’m glad you’re here. I’m Rachel. and I’m guessing you’re here because you have type 1 diabetes. Me too 😜
I was diagnosed my second year in college, I was 20 years old. Since then I have had quite the wild ride – I’m guessing you have too.
Between bad Endo’s and good ones, good advice and bad advice, I found myself post pregnancy at a complete loss of how to manage my diabetes.
I was doing all the “right” things, but I still wasn’t getting the control I desired. And after pregnancy my normal management techniques just weren’t working like they used to which created a whole new level of craziness.
It took a lot of trial & error, learning about the female body (and our lovely & powerful infradian rhythm), circadian rhythms, food pairings, and everything in between, but I was finally able to figure it out!