it sounds like things got harder for a while when you start a crossfit and you made your

diet and when you need to just your diet. But in the end, despite that, you still think it's worth it.

You still are now seeing overall benefits. What are the biggest benefits that you've seen?

Just how I feel. Sleep patterns are better. My mental attitude is

night better. It's great to see it bleed out onto my relationships and my family and

my kids are doing it. We started a crossfit kids program at our gym.

It's just getting people to see like my parents was nice. They haven't quite gotten into it yet,

but they've said, I've never seen every time I see you, like my wife and I every time I see you,

you look healthier. You just look better.

Hello and welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and former

crossfit kings athlete. Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between

fitness and medicine and support your journey toward your healthiest self. This episode is one

of a series of pursuing health stories where I feature the inspiring stories of regular everyday

people who've used lifestyle to overcome some incredible health challenges. And in this week's

episode, I share a conversation with Dr. Luke Palmasano. Luke was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

at age 7 and almost 35 years later, he's an ER physician and avid crossfit athlete,

a father and a former collegiate wrestler. And along the way, he's learned quite a bit by

modifying his lifestyle to help reduce the complications from this condition. We first met a

couple years ago at the Crossfit Level 1 seminar for physicians and ever since then, I've been

struck by Luke's intensity and passion for using crossfit to prevent and treat so many of the

conditions he encounters daily as an ER physician. In this episode, we talk about how diabetes has

impacted so many aspects of his life, how he's navigated the unique challenges of things like

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