Allison Herschede-Gefaell, BSN, RN, CDCES
Allison is a Registered Nurse and a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (formerly known as CDE).
She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 18 months old and only knew the standard diabetes recommendations until discovering therapeutic carbohydrate reduction in 2010.
Upon changing what she ate, Allison was able to reduce her insulin needs by 50%, lose 55lb, and safely eliminate 15 prescription medications. She found Dr. Richard K. Bernstein’s protocols in 2014 and was able to normalize her blood sugars and has maintained an hbA1c in the non-diabetic range since then.
She is one of the founders of TypeOneGrit, a group of type 1 adults and families who follow Dr. Bernstein’s plan for diabetes management, and are thriving.
Allison lives in northern Alabama with her husband Jon, who also utilizes TCR for the management of his diabetes. Together they help people using insulin normalize their blood sugars using TCR and open-source automated insulin delivery.
Allison offers diabetes consulting with diaVerge Diabetes and specializes in T1D pregnancy. Her book, Grit Pregnancies, a guide to healthy pregnancy with type 1 diabetes using Dr. Bernstein’s principles, was published in April 2021 and is available at numerous online retailers in the US and internationally.
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Allison Herschede-Gefaell, BSN, RN, CDCES