Hello friends, welcome to the SIPS series.

These foundational strategies were nominated by listeners.

They told me, these are the ideas in the podcast that truly made a difference for them.

So I distilled them down into short, actionable insights. There's not going to be any fluff or

complex jargon, just practical real-world diabetes management that you can start applying today.

And I know your time is valuable, so we're keeping these short. Another small sip will come out

once a week for the foreseeable future.

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Jenny, we're going to talk about meet the need. You'll hear it discussed in episode 476 called Common Sense versus Fear, episode 482, Too Much Insulin, Episode 8, 26, Defining Diabetes, Meet the Need.

Where does this come from out of my mind?

I think it comes from me watching people online want to compare the amount of insulin they use with other people's amount of insulin.

100%. I see it so much.

And in the questions that I just get in interaction, you know, individually with people.

Well, how much I'm concerned, you know, Billy's insulin needs have gone up.

Is this normal for this age of, you know, Billy's like place?

Billy's going to need the amount of insulin that Billy's going to need.

And it might vary up and down.

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