In our continuing GBMC local health awareness and education series here at Baltimore Positive, we welcome Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Allison Ashcraft, who helps Nestor with ways to better assist his wife Jenn, who is a Type 1 diabetic, and to improve lifestyle for those at risk of the complications of the disease.

Nestor Aparicio discusses with Allison Ashcraft, a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, about managing diabetes and improving lifestyle for those at risk. Nestor shares his personal experience as a caregiver to his wife, a type 1 diabetic diagnosed at 19. Allison explains the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the importance of new technologies like continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps, and the role of nutrition, physical

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