Controlling Blood Sugar With Diet | Brian Carlsen, MD, and Lauren Plunkett, RDN

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Discover how a plant-based diet can benefit people with type 1 diabetes.

Dr. Brian Carlsen of the Mayo Clinic and dietitian Lauren Plunkett from Mastering Diabetes both have type 1 diabetes. They discuss how they've been able to reduce their insulin needs in half by changing their eating habits.

They join "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.

In This Episode

- Why a low-carb diet can be detrimental to T1D patients

- Protein needs for people with diabetes

- Eating fruit with diabetes

- Carbohydrate tolerance

- Exercise for regulating blood sugar

- The importance of consistency

- The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes

- Sugar cravings

- And more!

This episode was recorded at the Lotus Health Symposium in Rochester, Minn.

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Lauren Plunkett

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Dr. Brian Carlsen

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International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine

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Date: August 15-17

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