An estimated 1 in 3 adults have pre-diabetes. Food writer Vickie de Beer introduces a hands-on guide to understanding and managing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as well as insulin resistance. She highlights low carb living as a long-term solution for children, adults, women in menopause and older individuals. Fortunately, the low carb recipes in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Handbook are delicious! Sponsored content.

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Please note that Vickie is not a medical professional and offers her experience as a chef, food writer and mom.

In ep. 131 of the weekly podcast series Calm, Clear and Helpful, professionally trained chef and food writer Vickie de Beer discusses

• her son Lucca’s diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes when he was 8 years old

• which issues the Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Handbook with over 100 low carb recipes addresses

• the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

• normal blood sugar levels and how they influence your health

• factors that influence our blood sugar levels, e.g. refined carbohydrates, being ill, stress, trauma, ageing and oestrogen

• the interaction of glucose and insulin

• the connection between high blood sugar levels and sleep

• the dangers of constantly elevated blood sugar levels

• Alzheimers and diabetes

• insulinemia, insulin resistance and weight gain  

• how insulin resistance relates to cortisol

• when to ask for an insulin test

• whether dietary fat is responsible for insulin resistance

• refined carbohydrates, inflammation and heart disease

• where prediabetes fits in

• more about the (delicious) low-carb recipes in the Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Handbook

• Vickie’s 5 tips on things can we do to stabilise our blood sugar levels.

In this episode, Vickie mentions prof. Tim Noakes.    

Scroll down for more info on Vickie and the “Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Handbook.”

Vickie’s low carb drinks in the “Type 1 and type 2 Diabetes Handbook” (above) and a chart from the guide (below).

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About Vickie

Vickie de Beer is a professionally trained chef and and award-winning freelance food stylist, writer and photographer living in the Netherlands. She is the author of several cook books and the food editor of Lose it!, South Africa’s only low-carb magazine.

Website: https://vickiedebeer.com/

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Here Vickie shares her family’s journey with type 1 diabetes since Lucca’s diagnosis and how they overcame many obstacles.

Vickie’s low carb focaccia

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Music by Mart-Marie Snyman

Images supplied by Vickie de Beer and Quivertree Publications