Understanding your diagnosis is the crucial first step in managing your diabetes. Once you can understand what is happening in your body you can understand why it is treated the way it is.

What is the HbA1c test and what is it's relevance to managing your type 1 diabetes? Here explain why it's used and what we are testing.

There is a strong relationship between how often you test your glucose levels and how well your glucose levels are controlled in type 1 diabetes. Here we discuss some of these factors.

In this video we look into everything you need to know about hypoglycaemia. Often called hypos. We discuss mild and severe hypos and how to treat them.

In this video of our type 1 diabetes course, we look at the differences between injection and insulin pump therapy to manage your type 1 diabetes. Both are perfectly good options but there are some key differences between the 2.

Living with type 1 diabetes has never been easy. However, today there are more options available to patients to make life a little bit easier than before. In this video we look at some of the technology available to you to help establish glucose patterns, which ultimately allows you to manage your glucose levels more easily.

Here I discuss 4 reasons why you might be having high glucose levels upon waking in type 1 diabetes. For more info see the blog www.diabetesdietguy.com

In this video we explain how to stop high or low glucose levels during the night. We explain what causes out of target glucose levels and what you can do to correct them.

In this first video of our series of videos on carbohydrate counting we look at the foods that will require some rapid insulin and foods that will not. This first step is crucial in understanding when to take your rapid insulin. In the subsequent videos we will show you how to adjust your insulin based on what you eat and ultimately show you how to keep your glucose levels steady.