Iron Woman Diane: The Rewards & Challenges of Exercise With Diabetes
From Fluent Knowledge | Part of the My Body Odyssey series | 18:04
This 2nd MBO episode features Diane, an amateur triathlete who’s also a Type 1 diabetic. Diane's completed three full Ironman triathlons, numerous marathons, and many cycling events, such as the New England Tour De Cure, where MBO first met her. One day, though, she drinks some juice before a yoga class and “next thing you know I’m inside an ambulance.”
With expert commentary from Dr. Michael Riddell of York University, one of the world's true experts on diabetes and exercise, this episode follows Diane's story, and the rewards and challenges of exercise with diabetes.
Iron Woman Diane, a recently retired power industry executive with Type 1 diabetes, has completed three full Ironman triathlons, numerous marathons and many lengthy cycling events, such as the New England Tour De Cure where My Body Odyssey first met her.
One day, though, Diane drinks some juice just before a yoga class and “next thing you know I’m inside an ambulance.”
Maintaining healthy blood sugar levels is a delicate, often dangerous balancing act for the many millions of Americans with diabetes, especially Type 1 or juvenile diabetics like Diane. Unable to create insulin, she wears an insulin pump to maintain normal blood chemistry. Even so, Diane’s triathlon race plan “consists of a two-page spreadsheet that’s nothing but…how to manage my blood sugars.”
This episode also features expert commentary from Dr. Michael Riddell of York University, a Type 1 diabetic himself and one of the world’s great authorities on diabetes and exercise. “I was diagnosed at a time when insulin came in a vial and you took one or two shots a day… to keep your blood sugar in a reasonable range,” says Riddell, who on top of his research has helped world class athletes like the NHL’s Max Domi with their diabetes management.
If Maxi Domi routinely handles the intensity of a pro hockey shift, and Diane has conquered 13-hour triathlons, how then did a simple yoga class land her in the emergency room?
Listen in to find out on “Iron Woman Diane: The Rewards & Challenges of Exercise With Diabetes,” the second full episode of My Body Odyssey, a Fluent Knowledge production.
Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.
Generational Gene
From Fluent Knowledge | Part of the My Body Odyssey series | 18:29
Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gene is at high risk to develop the condition.
But Gene is like a huge percentage of North Americans over the age of 40 who, because of elevated blood sugar, are at risk for diabetes and cancer. In this episode, we learn how he’s taken on this challenge.
“I really do see the relationship between exercise and prolonging my life as a parent,” Gene confides, having become an avid cyclist.
Expert commentary here comes from two respected authorities, Drs. Michael Riddell of York University and Sheri Colberg, author of a dozen books on the subject, both of whom have Type 1 diabetes.
Gene credits his Dad for instilling an early love of cycling that he hopes to pass onto his own daughter. Tune in to find out how Gene’s working to avoid one other family tendency - the development of Type 2 diabetes.
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Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gene is at high risk to develop the condition.
But Gene is like a huge percentage of North Americans over the age of 40 who, because of elevated blood sugar, are at risk for diabetes and cancer. In this episode, we learn how he’s taken on this challenge.
“I really do see the relationship between exercise and prolonging my life as a parent,” Gene confides, having become an avid cyclist.
Expert commentary here comes from two respected authorities, Drs. Michael Riddell of York University and Sheri Colberg, author of a dozen books on the subject, both of whom have Type 1 diabetes.
Gene credits his Dad for instilling an early love of cycling that he hopes to pass onto his own daughter. Tune in to find out how Gene’s working to avoid one other family tendency - the development of Type 2 diabetes.