How Zein manages type 1 diabetes with low carb and exercise (plus insulin)
950 views Add as favorite
When Zein started to treat her type 1 diabetes with a low-carb diet she was seeing really good results for the first time. She had found research at Diet Doctor demonstrating that a low-carb diet could help and she embraced the low-carb way of eating after finding that it actually did work for her.
Zein is now a personal trainer and she wants to people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to manage their disease with a low-carb nutritional approach, combined with an exercise program.
Check out this video to learn more about Zein and her journey.
Transcript
Zein Gajraj: We were on a family holiday and I was thinking, “Well, how did I get to this point? “How am I now at 14 stone with diabetes, with painful heels that felt like I was walking on stones?” And I was at a real low point; I thought I just can’t go on.
About the video
Recorded in London, May 2018. Published in August 2019.
Interviewer: Kim Gajraj
Camera and sound: Giorgos Chloros and Lars Siltberg
Editing: Harianas Dewang
This woman sounds like she has Type 2 Diabetes, not Type 1. Please clarify this.
I would love to hear more details on how Zein manages her diabetes, especially insulin wise (the ratio of long-acting and quick-acting insulin) and how she avoids low BGs.
You're right, the headline is potentially misleading. Diet and exercise are just two components of the management, insulin is also necessary (except sometimes in an early "honeymoon" phase).
I'm updating the headline to make it more clear. Thank you.