: Episode 1182 – Listener Nick T. joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk living with diabetes, keeping on good weight, alcohol, the self-serving JDRS and more.
KEEPING ON GOOD WEIGHT
- Nick has been a Type 1 diabetic for over 20 years
- Grew up eating a diet that resembled NSNG
- Actually at a point where he tries to gain weight
- When he eats sugar and grains, he loses weight
- He needs to increase his fats
- Increase protein and workouts
- He has to balance protein intake before during and after workout to make it have an effect
- Insulin pump has to go into fat areas
- He has trouble finding them – sometimes has to give his body a break
- Prefers pump over injections
- Put on three or four lasting pounds in a couple of weeks
- Increase in protein made a big difference
- Still feeling a bit fatigued — likely should up fats a little, may get better when more fat-adapted
- Even though he’s always trim, he feels the difference when he’s being healthy or not
- Does not drink alcohol – makes him feel awful as a diabetic when he drinks
- It’s tough to be a diabetic
- You can indulge, but a treat is a treat, not a staple
- Must have good willpower
