Richard K. Bernstein

So as we wrap up, I would like to leave you with one final idea that explains why people with Type 1 would want to reduce the carbohydrate in their meal, and this is something called the law of small numbers.

It was a principle that was created by the late Dr. Richard Bernstein, who had Type 1 diabetes himself and lived into his 90s.

Big inputs make big mistakes, and small inputs make small mistakes.

And when, in Type 1, we have smaller carb loads, that ends up having a smaller glucose response, and that requires a smaller dose of insulin.

It, um ...

And as Bernstein says, it's, uh, you know, if you put major inputs of glucose into your body, you then have to put major inputs of insulin into your body.

Um, and the, the ability to miscalculate that and overshoot and drive yourself low is really high.

So all of a sudden you, you drive yourself low, you've, you've gotta eat more glucose to get out of that low, and it's an ongoing cycle.

You eat, you inject, you bring your blood sugars back down, and it's basically a rollercoaster all day.

Um, what you're trying to do is, is not go low, 'cause you feel really bad and, uh, so end up running quite high and well outside that green, um, target zone.

The bottom slide is the same person two months later after, um, learning to manage their carb in- intake, um, by following the ways of, uh, Dr. Richard Bernstein.

Uh, but by managing the, the insulin load of your diet, you're then able to really stabilize your blood glucose levels.

In the search engine, search line, I'd put Ken Berry blood pressure, 565. the 10-minute articles, and I know more about blood pressure than my doctor does, okay? And over the years, I have really fine-tuned.

So my number one consultant is a dead man, and that'd be Dr. Richard Bernstein.

Passed away last year at age 90.

Type 1 diabetic from age 9 to 90.