Type 1 Diabetes on a Ketogenic Diet: What a 1,000-Mile Bike Ride Revealed | Dr. Ian Lake | The Metabolic Link Ep. 99

Type 1 Diabetes on a Ketogenic Diet: What a 1,000-Mile Bike Ride Revealed | Dr. Ian Lake | The Metabolic Link Ep. 99

July 14, 2026 · 1h 8m

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Dr. Ian Lake discusses insights from his 1,000-mile bike ride on managing type 1 diabetes with a ketogenic diet.

What can 21 days of continuous glucose and ketone data, recorded during a 1,000-mile cycling journey, reveal about managing type 1 diabetes on a ketogenic diet? Dr. Ian Lake is a UK-based primary care physician who has lived with type 1 diabetes for more than 30 years. After two decades of conventional high-carbohydrate management, he adopted a very low-carbohydrate, ketogenic approach and began examining insulin not simply as a glucose-lowering medication, but as a metabolic hormone whose re...

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