It's been awhile. My type 1 girl is in high school now, ninth grade, gearing up to play high school basketball. We're excited for her and how life will transform for her these next four years. I do miss our middle school staff and nurse, it's really been a blessed experience with them. They looked out for Liv, they changed classroom policies for kids like Liv, they responded immediately when she needed them. I'm forever grateful.
As far as our strategy to teach Liv healthy eating habits, we've managed to create quite the chef out of Liv, she makes the best spicy tuna sushi bowl I've ever had. This is a kid who appreciates good food! She's always down to try a new recipe, and she is learning how metabolism works and how this affects her blood sugar. We document our recipes on Instagram at @yummykitchenchemistry. Because it IS all about the chemistry, how what you consume becomes different elements in your body ~ to use as energy, to store as glycogen or fat, to open metabolic pathways downstream from an initiating reaction.... we want Liv to understand how her body works so she can best utilize food to her advantage. It's a lesson for all of us, and we should all be adhering to better carbohydrate regulation and knowledge of metabolism.
As far as our strategy to teach Liv healthy eating habits, we've managed to create quite the chef out of Liv, she makes the best spicy tuna sushi bowl I've ever had. This is a kid who appreciates good food! She's always down to try a new recipe, and she is learning how metabolism works and how this affects her blood sugar. We document our recipes on Instagram at @yummykitchenchemistry. Because it IS all about the chemistry, how what you consume becomes different elements in your body ~ to use as energy, to store as glycogen or fat, to open metabolic pathways downstream from an initiating reaction.... we want Liv to understand how her body works so she can best utilize food to her advantage. It's a lesson for all of us, and we should all be adhering to better carbohydrate regulation and knowledge of metabolism.
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