Savvy Looping, 7/29/20: Looping (or even just T1D) and Exercise with Gary Scheiner

It’s always a hot topic! How do I adjust my (basal, temp overrides, carbs) before, during and after exercise???

Here’s Gary Scheiner, founder of Integrated Diabetes Solutions, CDE, Masters-level Exercise Physiologist and T1D since 1985. He was named 2014 Diabetes Educator of the year by AADE.

Gary has a BA degree in Psychology (Washington University, St. Louis) and a MS in Exercise Physiology (Benedictine University). He got his diabetes training with the Joslin Diabetes Center. Gary is on the faculty of Children With Diabetes and is an active volunteer for the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Diabetes Sisters and Setebaid Diabetes Camps. He also serves on the clinical advisory boards for several diabetes device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies.

Gary has authored six books: You Can Control Diabetes (1997), Think Like A Pancreas (2004, 2012, 2020), The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting (2007), Get Control of Your Blood Sugar (2009), Until There’s A Cure (2012), Practical CGM (2015) and Diabetes-How To Help (2018), as well as dozens of published articles related to diabetes education for consumer and trade magazines and diabetes websites.

A devoted husband and father of four, Gary enjoys exercising (especially basketball, bicycling, running and weightlifting) and cheering on his local Philadelphia sports teams.