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Start here: type 1 diabetes, the whole picture
Everything that moves blood sugar, the two emergencies, and what the daily work is buying — in one place, for patients and the people around them.
This is the front door to the site. It gives the whole picture of type 1 diabetes in one pass — for people who live with it, and for the family, friends, coworkers and coaches around them. Deeper sections on food, movement, medications, drugs and alcohol, and complications pick up where these overviews leave off.
The site is ordered on purpose:
- First, the emergencies. A low and ketoacidosis come before everything else, because they are the parts that can hurt you this week. Start with the two emergencies.
- Then the daily three. Food, insulin timing and movement — the levers you pull several times a day, every day.
- Then the interference. Medications, alcohol, recreational drugs, illness and stress: everything else that moves the number.
- Then the long game. What the daily work is actually buying, what the targets are, and which appointments to book.
- Last, the people. What family, friends and coworkers need to know — and what not to say.
Newly diagnosed? Read the emergencies today. You have permission to stop there — safety is the only part that cannot wait. The rest will still be here next week.
- What type 1 diabetes is, and what the job actually isType 1 is autoimmune, nobody caused it, it is not type 2, and insulin is not optional. Here is what managing it by hand really involves.
- The three daily levers: food, insulin timing and movementFood pushes blood sugar up, insulin pushes it down, and movement can push it either way. An overview of the levers you pull every day.
- Everything else that moves your blood sugarMedications, alcohol, recreational drugs, illness, stress, hormones, heat and sleep: the interference on top of food, insulin and movement.
- The long game: the evidence, the targets and the screeningWhat the daily work is actually buying, what success looks like in numbers, which appointments to book, and the five levers of long-term risk.