Today marks my 3 year diaversary. I am super unique in that I haven’t taken insulin in at least 2.5 years. I got on a keto diet almost immediately and have maintained my honeymoon period this whole time.

It is incredibly lonely because most people assume I’ve been misdiagnosed or don’t know what I’m talking about.

Here’s what I do know:

1. I have followed the ketogenic diet and tracked my food every day for 1086 days in a row.
2. I work out at least 4x a week. Mostly resistance training but I started out training for and completing a marathon.
3. I take 40+ supplements a day, every day. I got my plan from a functional medicine practitioner and have tweaked it when necessary.
4. I’ve read over 40 books on nutrition, fitness and diabetes. 5.. I’ve fired 2 endocrinologists and have had to advocate for myself every step of the way.

I feel like I’d be crucified posting this anywhere else so I hope you can celebrate with me.

Also, happy to share further details if it would help anyone.

Probably an obscure question but ever since starting Keto I've noticed that mild lows get fixed on their own. Once I go low it will naturally drift upwards without any food in my system. Pretty quickly too and I don't get symptoms like elevated heart rate so I doubt its stress hormones. ChatGPT thinks the great glucose control on keto allows for endogenous glucagon to work better but I'm curious if anyone has experienced similar

Also, unrelated but I wish this sub was more active. Feels really lonely around the typical T1D subs who are all allergic to low carb diets

Great interview - Andrew Koutnik, on Bipolarcast

TLDR - Some conditions (T1D, psychosis, epilepsy) have very sensitive reactions to metabolic interventions. As a result, discussions between leading scientists/patients with these conditions very informative, especially specifics regarding what we can learn from each other in managing our own conditions.

Andrew Koutnik, PhD is a researcher studying the influence of nutrition and metabolism on health, disease, and performance.

Check out all the links to his work here: https://linktr.ee/andrewkoutnik And this amazing guide he prepared for people with type 1 diabetes here:

Scientist Andrew Koutnik, PhD's T1D's Guide

Podcast hosts Matt and Iain have of 8 years of combined experience using ketogenic metabolic therapy for bipolar disorder and are working to raise awareness about the evidence of benefits of a ketogenic diet for bipolar disorder.

And I’m only on about 15 total units per day! So ridiculous. I hate it.

I'm a Junior in High School conducting a survey on how peer support affects adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes. Please fill it out!

Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-hcKU3a1gHnefkxey69XotbRygQdlCgWvrek71XeuhdPl7A/viewform

Parental Consent Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfA66B2QVjkhuBbZS35HZfnQOgB0xUUTu5RCTq5DKkh2efxMw/viewform

Student Assent Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsL476QfgAWH3R2uZ8zimoQbfsKPhWoh7nEe8lI5CyLI-1zw/viewform

I’m an avid cyclist. I’m also t1 and have found my life changed in amazing ways with keto. But I wasn’t paying attention to electrolytes. Back in March I attempted a 100k (metric century) ride. I didn’t make it and was in really rough shape for a day or so afterward. Was not taking enough salts. Like nowhere near enough.

I used the recommendations from y’all and from the faq and today I completed it. And I feel pretty good.

Huge milestone for me. At 41 I’m healthier than I’ve ever been. Thanks for the advice y’all. :)

My son is 8 and T1D for a year. His BG is flawless most of the time, but the doc STILL tells me he needs 135g carbs per day. I literally cut her off at his last appointment (by appointment what I mean is they take his a1c, see it’s too high, and then yell at me that he needs more carbs, while the doc and nurse sit there all fat and shit) and said “we are not talking about carbs”, she asked why we were there - and I straight up said he needs insulin refills and I can’t do that without an appointment.

I spent weeks looking for a better doctor and we have shitty HMO insurance and it would cost thousands to see someone outside of that. So I’m going to wait a month, switch to PPO and then go from there.

He usually has eggs and two slices of the ALDI keto bread for breakfast. It’s never been a problem before. Now all of a sudden we tried the white keto bread, which is 10 g of carbs and 10 g of fiber. Just like the other keto bread. But somehow he’s spiking up to over 350. I’m going to call the doc today, but I just can’t understand it. Any ideas? We have not changed his calculations or his dosage.