The Glucose Never Lies® Podcast
Host John Pemberton — diabetes educator, researcher, and dad living with type 1 since 2008 — explores how to think clearly about type 1 diabetes in the real world.
Each episode translates current evidence and expert practice into decisions you can use: CGM accuracy and interpretation, getting more from pumps and automated insulin delivery, movement as a glucose tool, nutrition that protects performance and enjoyment, sleep, travel, parties, and sport.
Guests include leading clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience. Expect respectful challenge, plain language, and practical take-aways.
Note: Educational only. No therapeutic relationship or personal medical advice.
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The Glucose Never Lies® Podcast
25 — Partying with T1D (Alcohol Edition)
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In this episode, John Pemberton and Dr Dessi Zaharieva open a transparent, evidence-based conversation about alcohol, nightlife, festivals, hypos, and harm-reduction for people living with Type 1 Diabetes.
FAQ: Alcohol & Type 1 Diabetes
Alcohol suppresses hepatic glucose output, disrupts REM sleep, increases overnight hypo risk, and affects metabolism differently across single-night and multi-day events. This episode walks through the mechanisms, the patterns, and the practical adjustments that help people stay safer.
What we cover:
• Alcohol’s effects on the liver and glucose release
• Why glucagon often fails
• Why memory disappears after drinking
• Night-one vs multi-night physiology
• Basal adjustments, Activity Mode, manual mode and MDI
• Festival strategies and hypo prevention
• How parents and clinicians can talk about alcohol without shame
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