Yeah, sometimes that basal dose needs some tweaking. Ginger had a big munchies day on Sunday and Sami was prepping for a day she knew would involve a lot of sitting. Here's what we did — and what Ginger wished she did better.

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠HoneyHealth:⁠⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Chugging caffeine or diet soda all day while thinking it's harmless? It could be contributing to insulin resistance, rising insulin needs, and difficulty losing weight.

Sami and Ginger discuss their own caffeine habits and goals, how one cup-o-joe impacts their blood sugar, and why Ginger is trying to quit caffeine altogether!

Learn more about Caffeine right here: Why Does Coffee Spike My Blood Sugar?

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠HoneyHealth:⁠⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

SENSITIVITY WARNING: In this episode, Carly joins Ginger to share how she nearly died after years of binge-eating and restricting insulin. Today, Carly is in recovery and she credits a big part of her recovery to GLP-1 medications like Mounjaro.

Connect with Carly on Instagram.

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠HoneyHealth:⁠⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Anaerobic exercise can be a little tricky and confusing. If your heart is pounding, why isn't your blood sugar dropping like it does during a 2-mile jog? It's all about a combination of lactic acid, adrenaline, and cortisol.

Sami and Ginger chat about managing type 1 diabetes during anaerobic workouts.

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠HoneyHealth:⁠⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Umm, yeah, managing type 1 (or type 2) diabetes is like a non-stop workload that never stops...on top of real life!

Who wouldn't be tired of this?! In this episode, Sami and Ginger share what their diabetes burnout looks like, how they get through burnout, how they prevent burnout, and how much they wish for a new pancreas and a better immune system.

Ginger's book: Dealing with Diabetes Burnout

Ginger's YouTube video: Overcome Diabetes Burnout

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠HoneyHealth:⁠⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

If you're exercising with high blood sugars because you're terrified of lows, there's another way. In fact, there's a whole bunch to learn! And we break some of it down right here. Ginger and Sami share a bit of exercise science and their approaches to managing type 1 diabetes during aerobic "cardio" exercise.

• Get more support in Ginger's book, "Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes" on Amazon!

• Get inspiration from Sami's Honey Health channel, all about fitness: Sweat by Sami!

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠HoneyHealth:⁠⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Well, Sami is back from her travels and she returns with a very strange story. It involves a really bad low blood sugar, a hot yoga studio, and a foolish older woman. (That's a nice way of describing this woman, by the way.)

Hypoglycemia is the worst — but I guess ignorant people can make it even worse.

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, scary hypos, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠HoneyHealth:⁠⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Marijuana. Mary Jane. Pot. Dope. Grass. Weed. Bud. Flower. Hash. Ganja.

So many fun names, but really, we're talking about cannabis.

It is legal now in nearly half the country. Meanwhile, there might be a few things to consider when using cannabis with T1D.

Sami and Ginger aren't actually experienced cannabis users. (Could somebody please let Sami's mom know she only tried it once. We promise.) So we turn to a fellow T1D who is remarkably knowledgeable on all things cannabis: BJ Garceau!

BJ has lived with T1D for over 30 years. Today, she uses cannabis to manage ADHD, chronic pain, insomnia, and depression. She also has degrees and training in mental health and drug addiction recovery. BJ has extensive knowledge of cannabis, different uses, things to be aware of, and different methods of safely ingesting cannabis.

Find BJ on Instagram right here!

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

• ⁠Sami's Instagram ⁠
• ⁠Ginger's Instagram ⁠
• ⁠HoneyHealth:⁠ Sweat by Sami & Ginger's T1D D
• ⁠Ginger's Diabetes Books on Amazon⁠
• ⁠Ginger's YouTube: DiabetesNerd⁠
• ⁠Ginger's Diabetes Articles⁠

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.