This is Day 4 of a 5 day intensive mastering your diabetes program that I participated in at the Diabetes Research Institute. Please read DRI-Mastering your diabetes, Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 first.
Fasting for 24 hours with type 1 diabetes? Yes, I know what you are thinking right now. No way, no how. I can’t fast, I have diabetes. I have to eat, or my blood sugar will drop. Are you nuts?
These are the exact things I was thinking when I was told by the CDE’s at the Diabetes Research Institute...
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