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.

If you like what you hear, check out the Pro Tip series or the bold beginning series for more.

Those series are available in the menu at juiceboxpodcast.com and you can find complete lists of all of the series in the featured tab on the private Facebook group.

Please remember that nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise.

Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan or becoming bold with insulin.

The questions you have, I guarantee you, there's answers to

them in the Juice Box podcast, and it's all free. I wasn't sure if I ever spoke about this with you, but I did in Bold Beginnings Medical Team, episode 1,117.

Okay. You'll have to tell me what. I clearly don't know the numbers. No, no, no, no. It's okay. It's also come up in episode 357 and 679.

357 was actually called just smile and wave. So I would see people online have these, like,

great achievements with their diabetes. They, you know, had a seven and a half A1C. They listened to the podcast.

All of a sudden, they had a six and a half A1C. They'd go to the doctor and the doctor would

immediately try to turn, like, take away insulin. They're like, oh, you're getting low because the

doctor could not imagine that they did something purposefully, right? Right. Achieved it without lows, right? It was just, I'm aiming

too low now. And so, of course, my A1C reflects that because it is just an average. Yes.

So you must be having a whole bunch of blood sugars that are way too low rather than goodness.

Let's look at your data to actually evaluate how you did that. Yeah. And wow, look, you're more stable.

...