• Sarah Hormachea Diabetes Care and Education Nutrition and Type 1 Diabetes: What Are Best Practices for Insulin Dosing?
    Diabetes Care & Education,  Nutrition

    Nutrition and Type 1 Diabetes: What Are Best Practices for Insulin Dosing?

    I recently had the opportunity to contribute to an upcoming text from the American Diabetes Association on nutrition therapy in diabetes care. Specifically, I was tasked with reviewing and rewriting a chapter on nutrition recommendations for adults with type 1 diabetes and insulin-requiring type 2. In my excitement for its upcoming publication, I want to share a preview of some best practices for insulin dosing for individuals on multiple daily injections (MDI). What are the strategies for dosing insulin with meals? How can doses be adjusted? And how do factors like exercise, alcohol, or stress come into play? I hope…