We’re back with Episode 61 of 'not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened', THE podcast packed with unfiltered reflections on all thing’s diabetes!

You can find us on Spotify, Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, or the LiSTN Audio App!

This Episode is brought to you in support of diabetes awareness and care by the CDE Online Pharmacy (https://cdeonline.co.za/), the online store of choice for people living with diabetes, and the new range of CDE MiWell™ (https://cdeonline.co.za/miwell/) Reduced Calorie products.

Whether you're living with diabetes, a health professional that facilitates diabetes care, or supporting someone with diabetes, you're in the right place! Join our journey, as we grow together in understanding, insight, and self-awareness to change lives for the better. Our deliberations are always honest, challenging and thought provoking. Nothing is off the table as we meet real people, discuss their real issues and stories, and together discover real answers to many vexing practical issues in diabetes and its care.

Facilitated by Lurina Fourie, we answer YOUR questions

Again, we welcome a regular member of our team back to the show, ‘The Glucose Glitch’ Lurina Fourie, T1D Advocate, poet, Content Creator and professional photographer living with type 1 diabetes. Lurina joins us again to involve you our listeners by sourcing your pressing questions on anything related to diabetes.

We answer your questions on:

• the correct needle length for insulin pens and why we make the choice
• flu vaccinations in young children – yay or nay, and if the vaccine makes you ‘sick’
• why women in South Africa and beyond are more affected by deaths due to diabetes
• why people with diabetes may experience extreme nausea when blood glucose levels drop
• hypoglycaemia unawareness
• ‘dead in bed’ syndrome
• The ‘off-label’ use of SGLT-2 inhibitor medications in people with type 1 diabetes
• Insulin and exercise, even unplanned or unexpected exercise like housework, trying on clothes and sexual activity

We hope that this episode will help you to engage with more insight with your diabetes care team!

Advocacy message

Sarah Winkelmann shares her supportive commitment to diabetes advocacy. Please support her fund-raising campaign for SA Diabetes Advocacy!

We want to hear from you!

If you have any questions, suggestions, comments or contributions for future episodes, or if you'd like to advertise on this podcast, email us @ Podcast@CDEDiabetes.co.za

For health professionals working in diabetes

The 6-Module, 23 CPD point CDE Academy Very Low-Calorie Diet Course for Healthcare Professionals can help you assist your clients with excess adiposity and type 2 diabetes to improve their cardiometabolic risk profile, reduce their chronic medication burden, doses and costs and possibly achieve remission of their diabetes. More information and registration @ https://academy.cdeonline.co.za/vlcd-course/

Iconic CDE Meetings

Ethical Narratives in Chronic Care (23 August 2024)

The 26th CDE Postgraduate Forum in Diabetes Management (23 - 25 August 2024)

For more info on these deep learning experiences, and to register, please visit:

www.cdediabetes.co.za/ethical-narratives-in-chronic-care

www.cdediabetes.co.za/annualforum

Learna/University of South Wales offer a one-year, online, part-time, distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes Care. Sign up for a second year to earn an MSc in Diabetes. Gain a competitive edge and enhance your client care! Register @ https://my.learna.ac.uk/l/diabetes-ambassador-cde