Pre-Bolusing and Still Spiking? Check Your Carb Count | Type 1 Diabetes
You pre-bolus. You give it the 15 minutes. You watch the arrow. And you're still spiking. Don't throw out the challenge, that spike is a clue. Neil puts on the detective hat, because timing is huge, b...
14 Elo 6min
Fiasp, Lyumjev & Afrezza: Do You Still Need to Pre-Bolus? | T1D
"Neil, I use Fiasp, or Lyumjev, or Afrezza, do I even have to wait?" Great question, and this episode gets genuinely nerdy about the answer. Fiasp and Lyumjev are ultra-rapid analogs, built with ingre...
12 Elo 7min
Do You Still Pre-Bolus on a Closed-Loop Pump? | Control-IQ, Omnipod 5
If you're on a closed-loop system, Control-IQ, Omnipod 5, or Loop, you've probably wondered whether the algorithm means you're off the hook for pre-bolusing. Neil has to be the one to tell you: you st...
10 Elo 5min
Missed and Late Insulin Boluses: What to Do | Type 1 Diabetes
Some nights you do everything right and it still goes sideways. The dinner party, the cookout with the moving-target food, the night you're so fried you only remember to bolus while scraping the plate...
7 Elo 6min
Why Pizza Spikes Your Blood Sugar at Midnight | Fat, Protein & T1D
Some meals spike you and move on. Pizza spikes you, waves goodbye, and comes back four hours later like a horror-movie villain. If you've ever been 110 at bedtime and 260 at midnight, this episode exp...
5 Elo 6min
How to Pre-Bolus at Restaurants and Takeout | Type 1 Diabetes
"It'll be right out" might be the most cursed sentence in all of type 1 diabetes. August is about making your pre-bolus habit survive the real world, and we start with the hardest place to do it: rest...
3 Elo 6min
Start Pre-Bolusing With Just 5 Minutes | Type 1 Diabetes Habit
You do not have to be a pre-bolus athlete on day one. If "10 to 15 minutes" felt like too much, Neil takes the pressure all the way down: start with five minutes. Even five to seven minutes of head st...
31 Heinä 7min
Why Dinner Is the Best Meal to Start Pre-Bolusing | Type 1 Diabetes
If pre-bolusing were a video game, breakfast would be the level everybody rage-quits on. You're rushed, half asleep, and half of us don't even eat it. So we don't start there. We start on the easy lev...
29 Heinä 5min
