Hello everyone and welcome to episode 423 of the Juice Box Podcast. On today's episode of Defining

diabetes Jenny Smith and I are going to define

insulin deficit. Today's episode is part of the defining

diabetes series which lives here inside of the

Juice Box podcast. It's where Jenny Smith and I take terms from your life with

type 1 diabetes and explain them in ways that we hope make them useful and

understandable. My friend Jenny Smith has had type one diabetes since she was a

child I think for over 31 years now.

Jenny holds a bachelor's degree in human nutrition and biology from the

University of Wisconsin.

She is a registered and licensed dietician, a certified diabetes educator, and a certified trainer on most

makes and models of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems. And she

used to be one of Santa's Elves. Please remember as you listen 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.

Now the music will build a crescendo, and we will begin.

This is going to be probably a pretty simple one and it might not take a lot of talking but I do want to give it its own space define insulin deficit

How do you think of it if I say those words? I think it could be defined in a couple of different settings and if insulin deficit is easy,

you decide to eat whatever you're going to eat and you just don't take insulin for it.

So there's a deficit of

insulin clearly, right? There could also be an insulin deficit and this one I think is

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