Herschede, Allison, BSN, RN, CDCES

Allison has been living with type 1 diabetes for 42 years. She was diagnosed with T1D at only 18 months old and has known nothing else. She struggled with diabetes management for 29 long years before learning about low carb. She was able to reverse early diabetic complications and completely turned her health around.

Allison is co-founder and admin of TypeOneGrit™, a 3000+ member group of type 1 diabetics and their families. She also leads two pregnancy groups for diabetes and specializes in diabetes in pregnancy. She authored the book, “Grit Pregnancies; How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy and Normal Blood Sugars with Type 1 Diabetes”.

Allison is a Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, public speaker, and is the lead diabetes educator at diaVerge Diabetes. She helps her clients consistently achieve normalized blood sugar levels, dramatically reducing their blood sugar averages and A1c.