from the unique perspective of a nutrition expert, practicing clinician, and parent of a child living with T1D
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āThat was absolutely brilliant. Iām so emotional. Iām going to send this to the dietitian we worked with when [our child] was first diagnosed. After watching this, I hope sheāll never tell another family, āOh, so you want to be perfect.āā - Emily S.
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āWe forget that it is a personās life thatās getting stabilized, itās a familyās life ā itās not just their blood sugar.ā
No one can prepare you for what itās like when a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes enters your life ā especially if youāre a parent. Your stress levels are through the roof, youāre not sleeping, your child doesnāt feel like themselves, and youāre literally doing the work of a vital organ.
I understand exactly how youāre feeling, because my family has been there, too.
After months of being stuck on the blood sugar roller coaster, my husband, Matt, and I were able to help our son achieve steadier blood glucose levels and get his A1C back in normal range, which allowed him to finally feel like himself again ā all thanks to Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction (TCR), a nutrition strategy specifically designed to help manage T1D.
Itās not an overstatement to say that teaching someone how to stabilize their childās ā or their own ā blood sugar is akin to helping them stabilize their entire life (and often their familyās lives, too).
Thatās exactly what Iām here to help the families in your audience do.
- Beth
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Media Bio
Beth McNally, MS, MA, CNSĀ®, LDN, CKNSĀ®
Beth McNally is a CERTIFIED NUTRITION SPECIALISTĀ® professional, Licensed Nutritionist, founder of T1D Nutrition, creator of The Nutrition Effect: A Parentās Guide to Food and Normal Blood Glucose for Children with Type 1 Diabetes, and,Ā most importantly, the mother of a teenage athlete living with type 1 diabetes.
In her work as a clinician and educator, Beth specializes in helping parents safely and successfully implement Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction nutrition strategies so that they can improve their childās quality of life, reduce the risks of long- and short-term diabetic complications, and ease the stress of T1D management ā often for the whole family.
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