Transform Your Diabetes Podcast with Paul Coker, MSc: Recent Episodes
Paul Coker
Welcome to the Transform Your Diabetes pocast, it is designed to give you more freedom from your Diabetes and maybe even a little inspiration. Enjoy.
For more resources visit https://www.transformyourdiabetes.com/
What is the ELSA study?
The ELSA Study is the largest type 1 diabetes screening programme for children aged 3-13 years in the UK. Children can have a simple finger stick blood test to find out their risk of developing type 1 diabetes in the future.
Why Screen?
"The ELSA Study is finding children at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes because the sooner we screen, the sooner we can intervene."
Can We Stop These Children from Developing Type 1 Diabetes?
No, not yet. But, we may be able to delay the onset of Type 1 Diabetes.
Is it Ethical?
This is a complex ethical issue & Dr Lauren Quinn explains the benefits of screening and potential interventions that can slow down the progression to Type 1 Diabetes, whilst also exploring the potential downside of knowing that your child is very likely to go on to develop Type 1 Diabetes.
Julie Kiefer, the founder of the Diabetic Travel Network, shares her top tips for traveling with traveling with Type 1 Diabetes.
For more information and top tips about how to travel, live and work overseas with Type 1 Diabetes check out https://www.diabetictravelersnetwork.com/
This is the ultimate in getting more freedom from yur diabetes!
Charlotte Hurst is living with Type 1 DIabetes and is going to run the Marathon De Sable 250km across the Sahara Desert (unsupported) to prove that ordinary people living with Type 1 Diabetes can do extra ordinary things.
Follow Charlie & her progress at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charliedoesthemds
Instagram: @charliedoesthemds
An epic event in support of: https://www.t1international.com/
In This podcast I will share 3 basic strategies that you can use to improve your insulin sensitivity. This works in all types of diabetes, these strategies are so powerful that they work even if you don't have diabetes. Why am I saying that? Let's be honest Diabets is a family affair, you may be the one with the diagnosis but the whole family lives with your diabetes and maybe your nearest and dearest can benefit from these too; now that is a win-win scenario.
New evidence is showing us that your insulin sensitivity may be at least as important as your HbA1c. In this episode we look at the evidence and how you can measure your sensitivity to insulin.
In the next episode we will look at strategies that you can use to improve your insulin sensitivity.
If you prefer the written word the transcript of this podcast can be found at: https://www.transformyourdiabetes.com/blog/is-your-insulin-sensitivity-more-important-than-your-hba1c
Visit the TransformYourDiabetes.com homepage for more resources to help put you in the driving seat of your diabetes.
In this episode Paul Coker talks to Dr Becky Thomas, a senior research officer at Swansea University School of Medicine about what retinopathy is and how and why it is different from maculopathy. There is also some disuccsuion on other forms of eye disease that can affect people with diabetes. This epsode covers:
- What is retinopathy?
- What is maculopathy?
- What do the codes like R1 & R2 mean, if I get a letter saying I have retinopathy
- How can I reduce my risk of developing retinopathy?
- If I have retinopathy, or maculaopathy, can I reduce the risk of it progressing?
- Will managing my blood glucose levels more tightly remove the risk of retinopathy?
For more information visit https://www.transormyourdiabetes.com
In this first episode Paul Coker interviews Dr Emma Wilmot, Professor Pratik Choudhary and Professor Partha Kar OBE about how using Freestyle Libre and Continuous Glucose Meters can improve your quality of life. We discuss:
- Improving your quality of life with diabetes
- The benefits of time in range
- Comparing HbA1c and Time in Range
- Setting a realistic traget for your time in range
- Dealing with alarm fatigue
- When to take action based upon your cgm results and when to 'relax'
For more information visit https://www.transormyourdiabetes.com