Fasting
Fasting on Yom Kippur — Part 4: What Should Your Blood Sugar Target Be During the Fast?
Raising the target feels safer. The opposite is true. The number to set, why, and the one question to ask yourself before the fast begins.
Yom Kippur
Fasting
Fasting on Yom Kippur — Part 2: A Low-Carb Diet Preceding a Fast
People tell me they have an easier fast when they have been eating low carb in the weeks before it. I believe they are right, and there is a reason. But it is a question you have to ask weeks ahead.
Fasting
Fasting on Yom Kippur — Part 1: Where This Started
Twenty-five years ago I wrote the first guide to fasting with Type 1, and my Rav told me to call it back. This is how it started — and what he put in writing three years ago.
Yom Kippur
Treating Lows on a Fast — and Other Yom Kippur Notes
Practical guidance for the fast — why liquids may beat candies for treating a low, a reader's note on sipping, and how schnapps cups measure against a shiur.
Tandem
The New Tandem Update: Better Basal Control While Fasting
The latest Tandem update (version 7.9) lets you set a Temp Basal while Control-IQ is running — restoring real control over your basal rates for a fast day.
Insulin Pumps
Yom Kippur Fasting Feedback: Auto Modes, Night Lows, and More
A round-up of reader and CDE feedback on fasting with a pump: whether to leave Auto Mode on, what causes the first-night lows, and how to review your pump data afterward.
Insulin Pumps
Lows on the First Night of Yom Kippur: Three Reasons and How to Prepare
Why so many people with Type 1 go low on the first night of Yom Kippur — three likely reasons, and how to prepare for the fast more safely.
Yom Kippur
Ketone Testing During the Yom Kippur Fast
When blood ketone testing matters during a fast, the meter to have on hand, and how the other testing methods compare.
Insulin Pumps
Fasting Safely With Type 1 Diabetes: Updated Pump Guidance for Yom Kippur
A fully updated guide to fasting safely with an insulin pump: why higher glucose targets are dangerous, the safest settings for each pump, and how to recognize oncoming DKA.
Insulin Pumps
Fasting Safely While Taking Insulin — Yom Kippur 5785
Yom Kippur 5785 position statement on fasting safely with insulin: who should not fast, the danger of DKA, and detailed pump and injection settings for the day.