If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to understand how to control your blood glucose living with any form of diabetes...join the club.  Type the words “diabetes nutrition” into a search engine and you’re likely to get bombarded with confusing science, leaving you feeling helpless. If you’ve ever felt this way, take a deep breath, we completely understand. In this podcast episode, we will be myth-busting most common diabetes misconceptions about how to control your blood glucose. Plus we’ll share scientifically proven research that ACTUALLY works, and gives you clear and easy-to-follow steps to achieve your best A1c in 2019 and prevent yourself from falling off the wagon...forever. Here’s what we’ll cover in this episode: What your A1c actually represents (biologically) How your diet affects your A1c level How your exercise regimen affects your A1c level How low-carbohydrate diets reduce your A1c (but increase your level of insulin resistance) Why your A1c is an incomplete indicator of your diabetes health How to reduce your A1c and gain insulin sensitivity For more information on how to get the Mastering Diabetes Summit All-access Pass, please visit: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/summit/. To get on the waiting list for the Mastering Diabetes Coaching Program, please visit:  https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/coaching/ Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss future episodes! Please leave us a review on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher to ensure that the Mastering Diabetes message reaches as many people living with diabetes as possible. Thanks for listening.