Children with Diabetes, Friends for Life Orlando, 2019

Friends for Life Orlando, 2019

Overview of Talk Topics

• Introduce me, my family, and Dr. Richard K. Bernstein.
• Summarize:
  • My son's nine years of outcomes with type 1 diabetes,
  • The disease state and its prevailing outcomes, and
  • Dr. Bernstein's regimen & how my family applies it day-to-day.
• Discuss why we choose to manage diabetes this way.
• Demonstrate that we are not alone.
• Share some recent research done on the regimen.
• Provide some meal details and food-related tips and tricks.
• Introduce the nonprofit Rivere Foundation (DBA Let Me Be 83).

Direct Links to Specific Topics

• Opening remarks.
• Introduction to my family and our diagnosis story.
• About Dr. Richard K. Bernstein.
• Our results in terms of A1c values since diagnosis.
• Summary of the T1D disease state and prevailing outcomes.
• High-level overview of Dr. Bernstein's regimen.
• Low-carb, high-protein diet.
  • The amount of glucose in a healthy person.
  • How our low-carb, high-protein diet is constructed.
  • Growing kids need a lot of protein.
• Properly using insulins with low-carb.
• Precisely correcting low blood sugars.
• Description of our day-to-day application of Dr. Bernstein's regimen.
• Our family is in this together.
• Why we choose to manage T1D this way.
• We are not alone (showing success of others).
  • My T1D suggested media page.
• TYPEONEGRIT.
  • Senior Citizen Gritters (age 60+).
  • Study of TYPEONEGRIT published in PEDIATRICS.
• Example meals and macronutrient details.
• Food-related tips and tricks.
• Recipe and cookbook recommendations.
• Introduction to the Rivere Foundation, DBA LetMeBe83.
• Closing remarks.

Related Material

• PDF slide deck
• ASweetLife.org interview: How to Raise a Child with Diabetes on a Low Carb Diet
• Diabetes Daily article: Father Speaks About a Very Low-Carb Approach for Children with Diabetes
• Video: 07/13/2019 Practice Run-Through (1 hour and 1 minute)
  Same content as the live speech but with only full-screen slides.
  
• Video: 2024 SMHP Presentation that is somewhat of a 5-year followup