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Beyond Blood Sugar: Why Insulin Matters More Than We've Been Told - Dr. Ian Lake
Beyond Blood Sugar: Why Insulin Matters More Than We've Been Told - Dr. Ian Lake
Most conversations about diabetes focus on controlling blood sugar. Dr. Ian Lake spent 20 years following this playbook—counting carbohydrates, injecting insulin, managing his type 1 diagnosis according to conventional medical guidance. Then a serious hypoglycemic episode and early signs of retinopathy forced him to reconsider everything. What he discovered became the foundation of his practice and his new book Shifting Gears: insulin itself may be more important than the glucose it controls....