Real talk for life with diabetes.
The Healthy Diabetic treats diabetes management as lived practice, not a tidy checklist. Coach Ken and guests talk through insulin choices, technology, overwhelm, complications, self-advocacy, and the hard work of figuring out what actually works.
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The Healthy Diabetic is a candid health show about diabetes as it is actually lived. Its center of gravity is type 1 diabetes, especially the daily work of making decisions when the answer is rarely simple. Coach Ken brings personal experience, coaching language, and a strong belief that each person has to figure out what works for them. The show does not treat that as a slogan. It treats it as a grind involving insulin, devices, doctors, food, movement, math, symptoms, and support. Recent episodes often begin with a story, a loose question, or a bit of banter before tightening around a practical problem. With Graham Hubbard, the conversation can turn quickly from everyday logistics to deeper pressure points. A question about whether diabetes requires pockets opens into MDI, pumps, storage, clothing, and the hidden burden of carrying supplies. A discussion of overwhelm separates confusion, anxiety, and emotional shutdown instead of flattening them into one vague feeling. The show is comfortable admitting that people can push so hard they start wondering whether something is wrong with them. It also keeps returning to support as an active need, not a nice extra. Serious complications are handled directly. One live discussion wrestles with diabetes-related amputations and the importance of distinguishing type 1 from type 2 when broad statistics are used. Guest conversations broaden the show beyond glucose management. Mark Brezzel brings focus to self-advocacy, strained medical systems, follow-up gaps, and getting checked when something feels off. Jenna Smith’s episode ties diabetes resilience to divorce, breast cancer, exercise frustration, and resistance to CGM use. The show can be funny, repetitive, emotional, and blunt in the same stretch. That looseness is part of its usefulness. It sounds like diabetes-literate people thinking out loud, testing claims, pushing each other, and refusing to pretend the condition is easy. For listeners living with diabetes or caring for someone who is, it offers practical perspective without losing the human mess around it.
Made for: The show is for people living with diabetes, especially type 1, and for caregivers who want practical, emotionally honest conversations. It also fits listeners who want peer perspective alongside medical-team guidance.
What sets it apart: The Healthy Diabetic stands out by turning ordinary diabetes problems into direct, lived-in discussions about decisions, emotions, and follow-through. It blends peer banter with practical management talk instead of keeping clinical facts separate from daily reality.
Welcome to The healthy Diabetic Podcast, each week I talk about how to navigate the complexities of diabetes. I interview doctors, Endo's, dietitians, CDE's, technology leaders, caregivers, and of course anybody who is affected by diabetes. This show is for you if you're looking for safe, educational, and engaging conversations. I promise to brighten your day, and you'll be sure to leave educated, supported, and guided on your way to a healthier and happier life with diabetes. Remember, your only job as a diabetic is to figure out what works for you! See you inside! Coach Ken.
Diabetes math meets gym-bottle etiquette, giving you practical company without the clinic-room glaze.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded diabetes-management conversation about anxiety, confusion, overwhelm, and the usefulness of pausing.
Diabetes management is viewed through the overlap of anxiety, confusion, and overwhelm, with Coach Ken and Graham Hubbard keeping the conversation close to lived experience.
A question about carrying diabetes supplies leads the hosts to examine an amputation statistic and its missing breakdown by type.
Where do people keep the supplies they need to manage diabetes? The hosts start with pockets, then consider how the answer changes with the equipment someone uses and what they are doing. It is an ordinary question with a practical edge: supplies have to go somewhere.
A candid conversation about type 1 diabetes, cancer, and relationships reshaped by illness.
An unnamed guest reflects on life with type 1 diabetes through the lens of relationships, illness, and everyday resistance. The story moves from a short first marriage strained by her diagnosis to a later relationship marked by more understanding, then into a breast cancer…
A grounded discussion of self-advocacy, follow-up, and making limited medical time matter.
Healthcare can leave people with type 1 diabetes carrying complicated questions into very short appointments, and this episode gives that pressure a clear, practical frame.
Serious conversations with a human touch.
Real-life insulin talk, minus the polish.
Host Coach Ken Kenis interviews Mark Brezzel, a type 1 diabetic and former cardiovascular clinician.
Host Coach Ken Kaniss interviews Jenna Smith, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 26 in 2007.
Graham Hubbard says “confusion comes with maturity,” not with 32 years of diabetes.
The Healthy Diabetic Podcast episode #345 debates whether pockets matter for people with diabetes who carry phones, CGMs, insulin pens, needles, or snacks.
The Healthy Diabetic Podcast episode 344 features Ken and Graham discussing reported 2026 diabetes-care changes, including CGM access at diagnosis and fewer prior requirements for insulin pumps or automated insulin delivery systems.
The Healthy Diabetic episode #341 features Graham and another host discussing how travel, weather, exercise, food, sleep, and routine can change insulin sensitivity.
The Healthy Diabetic Podcast episode 340 features Ken and Graham debating why diabetes management remains difficult despite advice about hydration, food, exercise, and insulin dosing.
Graham says Afrezza was finally approved by insurance after months, and he describes using an 8-unit dose, equal to about 4 units of rapid-acting insulin, to bring a 200 mg/dL reading down within 30 to 45 minutes.
Coach Ken Kaniss discusses the importance of self-advocacy in diabetes care and introduces his podcast focused on helping people with type 1 diabetes.