The Conscious Diabetic Podcast: Recent Episodes
Brett Taylor
The Conscious Diabetic podcast is brought to you by Brett Taylor. A type 1 Diabetic of over 36 years living his life with Type 1 Diabetes from the age of 5 years old. For the last 7 years Brett also lost 80% of his vision due to Diabetes. Having also recovered from a broken spine in his early twenties along with a few other near death events, he has experience and gratitude to live life to its fullest. A husband, entrepreneur and avid Crossfit crazy guy who is now training as a masters adaptive athlete to compete with a passion and energy for changing lives for the better. The mission this podcast serves is to talk about all things diabetes, to motivate and inspire change while talking about and sharing knowledge with guests and motivational speakers . Join the Conscious Diabetic movement and revolution!
In this episode I talk with Dr Rob Andrews. A practicing Diabetes specialist for over 30 years working with many Diabetics in the UK.
Dr Andrews also founded EXTOD alongside other experts in Diabetes care. ExTOD stands for Exercise for Type One Diabetics and is now the foundation of advice and knowledge as used by the NHS in the UK.
Tune in while we talk exercise and Diabetes, strategies and where you can enhance and improve your knowledge to be on the path to better Diabetes care.
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Talking all things Diabetes with Brett , a Type 1 Diabetic of 37 years, Sight loss and Adaptive athlete training. Now ranked 19th Worldwide CrossFit Games 2022 Mens Vision category.
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Today I talk with Craig Graham, a CrossFit Level 1 coach who specialises in training adaptive / disabled athletes through his company / programme called Alt Movement. We talk all things Crossfit and the benefits of getting everyone moving and the benefits of this to the mind and body for all people no matter what their ability is.
The Conscious Diabetic Podcast & VLOG
Talking all things Diabetes with Brett , a Type 1 Diabetic of 37 years, Sight loss and Adaptive athlete training. Now ranked 19th Worldwide CrossFit Games 2022 Mens Vision category.
Insta. @theconsciousdiabetic
FB. @consciousdiabetic
Spotify. The Conscious Diabetic
diabetes #type1diabetes #diabetic #type1diabetic
Today I talk with New York Times best seller , author of Mastering Diabetes - Cyrus Khambatta. This was a real pleasure and honour to talk all things Diabetes with an individual who has done so much in the space of changing the narrative of treating Diabetes, the best practices and howto maintain a healthy life with Diabetes.
We don't mess around as we call out misconceptions about eating plans and Diabetes also , the benefit of exercise and some of the trials of living with this condition. Tune in now and enjoy the show. You can also find me new instagram account @theconsciousdiabetic as my old one was closed down.
The Conscious Diabetic Podcast & VLOG
Talking all things Diabetes with Brett , a Type 1 Diabetic of 37 years, Sight loss and Adaptive athlete training.
Insta. @theconsciousdiabetic
FB. @consciousdiabetic
Spotify. The Conscious Diabetic
diabetes #type1diabetes #diabetic #type1diabetic
Today I talk with a Type 1 Diabetic competition winning bodybuilder - Khalid Kestha. A long list of competition wins, qualified PT, dietician and much more. We talk about the best strategies for b uilding muscle as a Diabetic and what you should be doing.
This is a podcast not to be missed to transform your perception of what a Type 1 Diabetic can do and achieve.
The Conscious Diabetic Podcast & VLOG
Talking all things Diabetes with Brett , a Type 1 Diabetic of 36 years, Sight loss and Adaptive athlete training.
Insta. @consciousdiabetic
FB. @consciousdiabetic
Spotify. The Conscious Diabetic
diabetes #type1diabetes #diabetic #type1diabetic
Today I talk with with the Type 1 Diabetic Ironman - Eric Dutcher. Not only does he push himself to his limits with Diabetes doing Ironman but also crazy assault courses , physical trials , endeavours and more.
We talk about an up and coming 24 hour assault course he is doing and the strategies involved with such stress on the body being diabetic. There are no limits, no bounds as to what can be done.
Running from Disneyland California to Disneyworld Florida! Today I talk with Don Muchow , a man that pushes diabetes endurance to the max with many marathons, ultra marathons, ironmans and most recently a run across the USA from coast to coast , Disney to Disney.
Tune in to learn what it was like being a Type 1 Diabetic in the 70s and how Don grew up treating Diabetes to now becoming the endurance superstar helping other Diabetics across the world know there are now bounds what we can do.
The Conscious Diabetic Podcast & VLOG
Talking all things Diabetes with Brett , a Type 1 Diabetic of 36 years, Sight loss and Adaptive athlete training.
Insta. @consciousdiabetic
FB. @consciousdiabetic
Spotify. The Conscious Diabetic
diabetes #type1diabetes #diabetic #type1diabetic
Today I talk with Chris Bright. A Type 1 Diabetic who has played semi professional football, futsal and founder of the "Diabetes Football Community" in the UK.
We talk sport, strategy and the work that he does for the Diabetic community in the UK.
The Conscious Diabetic Podcast & VLOG
Talking all things Diabetes with Brett , a Type 1 Diabetic of 36 years, Sight loss and Adaptive athlete training.
Insta. @consciousdiabetic
FB. @consciousdiabetic
Spotify. The Conscious Diabetic
diabetes #type1diabetes #diabetic #type1diabetic
Today we talk with Paul Coker, a Type 1 Diabetic of 44 years who has achieved many things in life from climbing Kilimanjaro , running 40 x 1/2 marathons to running his own business helping other Diabetics transform their lives.
A lengthy chat where we delve deep into his story and how he managed to achieve so much with Diabetes.
The Conscious Diabetic Podcast & VLOG
Talking all things Diabetes with Brett , a Type 1 Diabetic of 36 years, Sight loss and Adaptive athlete training.
Insta. @consciousdiabetic
FB. @consciousdiabetic
Spotify. The Conscious Diabetic
diabetes #type1diabetes #diabetic #type1diabetic
**Today I talk about sight loss and how it happened to me. I have lost approx 80% of sight due to being Diabetic. What caused it , what operations I went through and the impact it has had on my life so far. How I have flipped this in to a positive.
Welcome to Episode 006 of The Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there into the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.**
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**In todays episode I talk about carbohydrates and how they are the perceived enemy of the diabetic. To put it simply , carbs are not the enemy , there are so many factors and vilifying carbs is not the solution. They are essential to you. Tune in for more info on what I eat and what I do.
Welcome to Episode 006 of The Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there into the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.**
You can find my podcast on Spotify “The Conscious Diabetic”
#diabetes #carbohydrates #type1diabetic #adaptiveathlete #crossfit #crossfitgames #type1 #type2 #type2diabetes #diabeticcrossfitter #crossfitgames2022 #fitness
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Welcome to Episode 007 of The Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there into the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.
In this episode I talk about the HBA1C test and what it means to a Diabetic, what impact a high result can have and what you will be aiming for.
You can find my podcast on Spotify “The Conscious Diabetic”
#diabetes #hba1c #type1diabetic #adaptiveathlete #crossfit #crossfitgames #type1 #type2 #type2diabetes #diabeticcrossfitter #crossfitgames2022 #fitness
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Today I talk about my next challenge to try and get to a level to compete in the new adaptive athlete category in the 2022 CrossFit games. I have no idea where this is going to go but maybe , just maybe as a Type 1 Diabetic who is sight impaired can be on that podium to achieve another dream and goal.
Welcome to Episode 006 of The Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there in to the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.
You can find the YouTube Channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHH-eQkcY7B27vtRMcEIpkQ
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Today we are talking to a World Champion Karate Sensei Audun Daniels about Type 1 Diabetes and competing at such a high level of sport and discpline with Diabetes.
Welcome to Episode 005 of The Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there in to the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.
You can find the YouTube Channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHH-eQkcY7B27vtRMcEIpkQ
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After my recent near heart failure experience from an extremely low blood sugar, collapsing and coming round to police, ambulance staff and my wife, I had to reflect the following week about the events and what led up to them so it would not happen again. Even after 36 years of Diabetes there are always surprises and things that just happen.
Episode 4 of “The Conscious Diabetic” podcast is out now. Today I talk planning for the unknown with Type 1 Diabetes along with my thoughts on Time = Complacency and how to not fall into this trap.
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As always, like, subscribe, share and show some love to shining a light on living with Diabetes. Big Love! I'm going to always do a shout out to the people who have supported or inspired me , my wife @vickydevinemusic for the support and pushing me and then @garyvee and @jayshetty for the motivation, drive, knowledge and what they are doing, it inspires me every day to make consistent action.
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Today we talk with DJ Lisa Lashes who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in the past couple of hours and how she integrated Diabetes in to her busy life of DJing around the world, running a highly successful DJ Music school and find out what she does to make life easy for herself with Diabetes.
Welcome to Episode 003 of The Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there in to the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.
This week we also start providing the video of the podcast over at our Youtube channel which you can find here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHH-eQkcY7B27vtRMcEIpkQ
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Today we talk about panic attacks and what happened to me this week . Also what potentially caused them, some treatments, solutions and how I also used to have panic attacks shortly after I lost my sight. Good news with my telephone review with my Diabetes specialist is also in store today.
Welcome to Episode 002 of The Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there in to the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.
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Welcome to the Conscious Diabetic Podcast. I am throwing myself out there in to the world with a voice about Type 1 Diabetes, Mindset, Fitness and how you can lead a healthier, happier life with your Diabetes.
Today is an introduction to who I am, what I do and what will be coming up for the future. There is lots to talk about each week as I start to help improve your relationship and mindset with Diabetes.
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